During the New Year holidays, Russians drink one fourth of the annual champagne consumption. The Nenets Autonomous Area is the region whose residents consume the most sparkling wine, a research by the RIA Novosti news agency’s analysts revealed.
A total of 215 million bottles of champagne are sold in Russia annually, with each resident drinking an average of two bottles per year. In the past few years, the popularity of the sparkling wine has shown an annual growth of 2-3%.
The amount of champagne consumed in Russia varies by region, the research showed. On New Year’s Day, a Russian resident drinks an average of two glasses of champagne. Residents of the Nenets Autonomous Area drink twice as much, with the region listed as Russia’s largest champagne consumer. The Murmansk Region ranks second and the Kamchatka Territory ranks third. The regions with the highest per capita sparkling wine consumption also include Moscow, St Petersburg and Sevastopol. The Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia, whose population is predominantly Muslim, are reported as the regions having the lowest levels of champagne consumption.