Why So Much Italian Wine?

In the United States, most of the wine that’s imported is Italian. In 2025 some 93.2 million gallons of Italian wine were imported into this country. In fact, Italian wine has led US imports for decades, hitting a peak in 2021 with 43% of all US table wine imports. Is...

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Amount (in billions of US$) that foreign-born workers contribute annually to Napa County—roughly 11 percent of the entire local economy. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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Number (in millions) of bottles of wine produced in the UK in 2025, according to The WineGB annual Green Book. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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Number of camels caught smuggling alcohol into Delhi, India—for the second time. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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