Italian Wine has been grown in since the 2nd Century B.C. In fact, the Romans pioneered large-scale wine production techniques in Italy, learning to use barrels and bottles to store and age wine. Almost 2,000 years later, Italy is still at the forefront of wine production, accounting for a fifth of all wine produced in the world. It even bested France as the leading producer in 2008. That’s a good thing, of course, since Italians drink more wine than anyone else, consuming 15 1/2 gallons per capita. In comparison, Americans only drink a little more than 2 gallons of wine per year.
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