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Vatican City is world’s largest per-capita wine importer
March 25, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Vatican City is the world’s largest per-capita wine importer, an industry journal reports.
The Drinks Business offers two explanations for the Vatican’s top placement:
- Virtually all of the wine consumed at the Vatican is imported—nearly all from Italy—since the Vatican has no wine-making capacity. That situation should change next year, when a 5-acre vineyard at Castel Gandofo, the papal summer residence, is expected to yield its first bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Although Vatican City has a tiny resident population, the Vatican hosts many thousands of guests every year, who drink wine at conferences, guest houses, and cafeterias on the Vatican grounds.
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