Children regularly drink wine diluted with water with their meals. The French believe introducing diluted alcohol while under adult supervision helps to teach responsible attitudes to alcohol.

At 16 years old French young people can buy low strength alcohol and at 18 years they can buy all forms of alcoholic drinks.

It takes approximately 600 grapes to make one bottle of wine.

The French drink smaller amounts more often as they believe that this is more responsible drinking behaviour with fewer health risks. There are fewer incidents of alcohol related fights and violence than in Scotland.

There are however higher rates of liver disease and mouth cancer in France due to regular consumption of alcohol at an early age.

The French are now finding that young people in their 20’s and 30’s are now showing signs of alcohol related diseases because of regular consumption from a young age.