According to a study conducted by VINEXPO, worldwide consumption of wine increased by 2.8 percent between 2007 and 2011, reaching 2,679 billion nine-litre cases by the end of the period, the equivalent of 32 billion bottles.
In 2011, sparkling wines accounted for 7.7 percent of all wines drunk in the world, but their consumption grows faster than still light wines, it said, adding red wine was still preferred across the world.
In 2011, 61.5 percent of the world's spirits were drunk in the Asia Pacific, the study said.
