With nearly one billion gallons of wine consumed in the United States every year, it’s fair to say that Americans love wine. But it seems that we’re leaning into the strong stuff more than ever: according to data gathered by David Morrison for The Wine Gourd, the U.S. currently produces the most alcoholic wines in the world.
Morrison’s data, sourced from Sweden’s Systembolaget — the country’s national wine retailer — compared hundreds of wines across the top nine wine producing countries, and analyzed the number of these wines with over 15 percent alcohol by volume for reds and 14 percent alcohol by volume for whites. Of the 388 red wines produced in the U.S.,16 percent were found to be bottled above 15 percent ABV, and 31 percent of the 150 white wines analyzed were bottled at over 14 percent alcohol.
