Want to drink like a pope? Try this Lazio red

Tenuta di Fiorano’s Fiorano Rosso, a Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine, receives high marks from international cognoscenti for juicy berry flavors, white pepper, and tobacco complexity and fine tannins. Courtesy of Tenuta di Fiorano

The U.S. has proudly worn its banner of World’s Top Wine Consumer by volume for more than a decade. But honors for top consumption per capita are held by another country, the Vatican.

The Holy See, along with the Swiss Guard, workers and 30 million worshippers, diners at Bistrot La Pigna and other visitors consume about 79 liters per person per year, or about 99 bottles, according to Wine Enthusias t. (In 2023, U.S. consumption was roughly 10 liters per person per year, or about 14 bottles, according to the California-based Wine Institute .)

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