Currently, California accounts for 90% of U.S. wine exports overseas, the wine Institute estimates.

葡萄酒协会估计加州现在占美国葡萄酒出口的90%。

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The Wine Institute says that despite the recession, U.S. sales of California wines totaled about 467 million gallons last year — 2 percent more than the year before.

葡萄酒协会说，尽管出于萧条时期，加州葡萄酒的销售总量在去年达到了 4.67 亿吨，比其前一年增长 2%。

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The shift from beer to wine in Britain may have boosted overall drinking, suggests Rachel Seabrook, research manager at the Institute of Alcohol Studies, a London-based think-tank.

位于伦敦的智库——英国酒精研究学会主任斯布鲁克表示，英国由啤酒向葡萄酒的转变可能推动了饮酒总量的提高。

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Mr.Kolpan is a writer and a professor of wine studies at the Culinary Institute of America.

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Gladys Horiuchi is communications manager at the Wine Institute, a trade organization.

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