Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe PRINCETON, N.J., July 29 (UPI) -- Wine ties beer as the top alcoholic beverage choice among U.S. drinkers for only the second time in two decades, a U.S. survey indicates. The Gallup poll of 1,016 U.S. adults -- 666 of whom drink alcohol -- found 35 percent say they drink wine the most often, 36 say beer and 23 percent say liquor. Advertisement Beer's position as Americans' favorite alcoholic drink has waned during the past two decades -- and this year it dropped from 41 percent to 36 percent, the survey found. This year's drop in beer preference was noted among all age groups but mostly among young adults -- dropping to 39 percent from 51 percent in 2010. Middle-age adults' preference for beer fell from 44 percent to 41 percent, while older adults' preference for beer fell from 29 percent to 27 percent, the poll says. Younger adults' decreased preference for beer is accompanied by slight increases in their preferences for liquor and wine, while 2 percent of young adults this year volunteered that they most often drink cordials, up from less than 1 percent last year. Forty-eight percent of male drinkers say they most often drink beer and 26 percent say liquor, while 51 percent of female drinkers prefer wine. Advertisement The survey, conducted July 7-10, has a margin of error of 4 percentage points to 5 percentage points.
