The Wine Wave

A tsunami of wine drinking by Americans has taken this country by storm. (I hate to say 'I told you so', but I have been telling you so for over a year, and in fact told a crowd of Louisiana and Mississippi beer wholesalers on Monday morning before this report was out). Wine is draining off beer drinkers more than spirits by volume, with the possible exception of tequila (in margaritas). While the beer industry is obsessing over vodka martinis