Singaporeans are not just drinking more wine but they are consuming more of the heady stuff from the New World.

These include Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, the United States and Canada. Combined imports of wine from these countries last year totalled more than 6.6 million litres -- outstripping the 4.3 million litres imported from the Old World.
Latest data show that only five years ago, wine imports of 3.6 million litres from the New World trailed the 3.8 million litres from the Old World. Wine imports from New Zealand led the rise -- jumping four-fold, followed by Argentina and Chile.

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