Beer consumption overtakes wine for the first time in France

"The health ministry's current guidance is that you should have no more than two glasses of wine per day, not exceed 10 per week and should not drink every day (a far cry from 1950 when the French were encouraged to limit their drinking to "less than one litre per meal"). Beer, with its lower alcohol content, help"

In 2025, France drank 22 million hectolitres of wine and 22.1 million hectolitres of beer, marking the first official preference for beer over wine. Beer consumption has been rising as craft beer breweries and microbreweries expand, including growth outside the traditional north-east beer-drinking region. Wine consumption has fallen sharply, dropping 37 percent over 30 years, from 37 million hectolitres in 1995. The decline reflects economic pressures, health-related concerns, and cultural change. Fewer people drink alcohol daily, and more people report rarely or never drinking. Health guidance limits wine to no more than two glasses per day, up to 10 per week, and not drinking every day.

Read at The Local France