Alcohol
Winemaker Luxembourg spends €114m on tipple from abroad
European Union sold 6,000 Olympic swimming pools full of wine last year
Luxembourg may pride itself on its Moselle wines and crémants – but the country still imports €114 million worth of the beverage, said to be brought to the region by the invading Romans two millennia ago.
The largest share of wine the Grand Duchy imported last year came from within the EU, at €113 million, while the remaining €981,000 was spent on wine from elsewhere in the world.
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