Wine and alcohol

1) China, like Russia, are in favour of importing wines into their countries to reduce the level of alcoholism that results from the traditional consumption of strong spirits (rice alcohol, vodka, etc.). Replacing 45° or more by 12 to 14° is a good thing.
2) France, the ancestral producer and consumer of wine, under pressure from anti-alcoholic, fundamentalist or puritanical lobbyists, is trying to reduce overall levels of alcohol being consumed by discouraging all promotion of wines. Young people no longer learn how to progressively find their feet with alcohol by getting to know wine and enjoying it in all its moderation. Having no measure of their own limits, they try strong spirits with no reference point to judge by.
And the consequence: hard alcoholism is on the increase amongst young people in France.
Is this the right way to prepare their future? I don’t think so. It is pathetic.