Australia’s love affair with cask wine could be over as more people ditch cheap goon in favour of more expensive bottled alternatives.
Health risks associated with low-cost alcohol and social stigma are among the possible reasons consumption of cask wine has decreased, while bottled wine purchases continue to grow.
Researchers at Melbourne’s La Trobe University found people who drink boxed wine are drinking it less but are more likely to be heavy drinkers.
A survey of about 2000 people showed those who drank cask wine averaged about 6.5 standard drinks per day, more than twice the number of daily beverages for moderate-and-high-cost wine drinkers (3.2)….