Nobody in France drinks wine anymore
Time to forget everything you assumed about France! It turns out that the nation that's perhaps best known for its delicious concoctions of fermented grapes is increasingly spurning alcohol, a French opinion poll has found. Only 12 percent of French men and women order something alcoholic every day; of those, the vast majority are men over 60. Today, fewer than one in two people drink alcohol when they go out.
"Right now, all I ever serve is Perrier and Coke," one Parisian-style bar patron told The Telegraph. "Yesterday, I had friends 'round and they ended up drinking all the fruit juice that was supposed to be for the kids," a French woman said.
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