Only a fool tries to guess exactly what awaits at a French karaoke bar. But on a Saturday night in Avignon, I wasn’t expecting to find a crowd of twentysomething hipsters drinking American-style ...

Beer represented 45 per cent of alcohol sales for at-home consumption in France between 2019 and 2023, according to the national agricultural products office. That is 5 per cent more than sales of ...

DRINKERS in the world’s biggest wine-producing country now prefer beer. Sales of lagers and ales for at-home consumption in France have overtaken wine for the first time. Beer represented 45 per ...

From public drunkenness to the legal drinking age, via workplace drinks and restrictions for hunters – what does the law say ...

Will 2025 be wine’s annus horribilus? Am I being dramatic? I don’t think so. In France alone, beer has overtaken wine as the most consumed product in the home – if this is happening in ...

Beer represented 45 per cent of sales between 2019 and 2023. During the same period, still and sparkling wine made up 40 per cent of booze sales. The French are also buying more volumes of beer ...

Beer sales volumes saw the smallest decline of 2.6% to 2.6 litres per person. Wine sales still made up 52% of total alcoholic drinks sales volumes in France in 2023, with beer sales accounting for ...

On Thursday at the Stade de France in Paris, rugby sevens matches ... Those who were hoping to enjoy a pint of beer will be disappointed, as none of the venues in the stadium serve alcoholic ...