Re: Belgians drink more bubbly

wearethecheekygirls wrote:
> http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/de.redactie.english/news/1.287291
>
> Mon 14/04/08 - Last year consumption of alcohol rose by nearly one
> percentage point in Belgium. Beer consumption though is on the wane.
>
> The biggest increase was recorded in sales of sparkling wines.
>
> The figures come from the Belgian Wine and Distilled Beverages
> Federation.
> (Belga)
>
> Beer sales fell by 1.25% last year.
>
> It's the umpteenth year in a row that beer consumption has fallen.
>
> Across Europe beer is losing ground, while wine is becoming more
> popular.
>
> Last year the average Belgian consumed 35 litres of claret and 6
> million litres of white Bordeaux.

Tha average Belgian consumed a million litres of white wine?! Christ 
they certainly know how to drink. No wonder they have such trouble 
forming a government.