Whether you're pouring yourself some pinot noir after a long day at work or you're having a crisp chardonnay during Sunday brunch, there's often nothing like a glass of wine to help you escape. In fact, it's the go-to drink of many Americans—in a Gallup survey, wine ranked as the second-favorite adult beverage in the U.S., with 30 percent of participants choosing it as their preferred drink. (Beer earned the top spot with 38 percent.)
In general, alcohol consumption has been rising in the U.S., as reported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and COVID only made those rates soar higher. But some states, it turns out, are drinking more than others.
VinePair used data from the NIAAA, collected from 1977 to 2019 (albeit pre-pandemic), to discover how many gallons of wine the average American drinks a year in each state. And it's clear that one particular place is overflowing with wine lovers, where each resident typically drinks up to 1.2 gallons annually. (By comparison the state that drinks the least wine sees its residents sipping only .11 gallons per year, which is 11 times less.) Want to know which state drinks the most wine of them all, and find out how your state measures up? Grab your rose and read on!
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50 | West Virginia
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.11 gallons
49 | Kansas
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.14 gallons
48 | Mississippi
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.18 gallons
47 | Utah
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.20 gallons
46 | Oklahoma
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.20 gallons
45 | Nebraska
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.21 gallons
44 | South Dakota
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.22 gallons
42 | Iowa
Michael Rolands/ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.23 gallons
41 | Arkansas
Davel5957 / iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.23 gallons
40 | South Carolina
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.25 gallons
39 | Georgia
Shutterstock/Sean PavoneAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.25 gallons
38 | Alabama
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.26 gallons
37 | Indiana
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.29 gallons
36 | Ohio
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.31 gallons
35 | New Mexico
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.31 gallons
34 | Wyoming
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.32 gallons
33 | Tennessee
Von ESB Professional / ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.32 gallons
32 | Pennsylvania
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.33 gallons
31 | Texas
Eric Urquhart / Shutterstock.comAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.34 gallons
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30 | North Dakota
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.34 gallons
29 | Louisiana
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.34 gallons
28 | Missouri
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.38 gallons
27 | Maryland
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.39 gallons
26 | Wisconsin
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.39 gallons
25 | Arizona
Sean Pavone / iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.39 gallons
24 | Michigan
Shutterstock/Suzanne TuckerAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.40 gallons
23 | Minnesota
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.44 gallons
22 | Maine
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.44 gallons
21 | North Carolina
Von Sharkshock / ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.45 gallons
20 | Illinois
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.45 gallons
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19 | Virginia
Sean Pavone / ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.49 gallons
18 | Washington
roman_slavik / iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.51 gallons
17 | Montana
pabradyphoto / iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.51 gallons
16 | New York
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.52 gallons
15 | Florida
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.52 gallons
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14 | Colorado
Adventure_Photo / iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.52 gallons
13 | Alaska
urbanglimpses / iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.53 gallons
12 | New Jersey
DenisTangneyJr / iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.57 gallons
11 | Rhode Island
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.57 gallons
10 | Oregon
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.58 gallons
9 | Hawaii
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.59 gallons
8 | Nevada
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.60 gallons
7 | Connecticut
Faina Gurevich / ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.60 gallons
6 | California
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.62 gallons
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5 | Massachusetts
f11photo / ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.63 gallons
4 | Delaware
iStockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.72 gallons
3 | Vermont
DenisTangneyJr / ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.78 gallons
2 | New Hampshire
Kenneth Keifer / ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 0.84 gallons
1 | Idaho
ShutterstockAverage annual amount of wine per person: 1.21 gallons
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