Reader contest: We drink, you decide - A new motto for the USA
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The United States of America will soon become the largest wine drinking country in the world. It depends on whom you ask, but some time in the next year or two or five, we will be downing more of the fermented fruits of the vine than any other country–including France and Italy. Of course, they still tower over us with 52 and 46 liters per person respectively while we manage only about 13 liters per American (somewhere between a third and a half of Americans claim never to drink alcohol).
So we have to be ready: we need a motto. Britain did it. Then Freakonomics blog urged their readers to come up with one for America in six words. Collectively, we drink and now YOU can decide: Post your suggestions in the comments here for America’s new motto as the top wine consuming country.
Ray Isle, who writes his own excellent blog (now with pictures!) when he’s not giving wine seminars in Aspen or writing his wine column for Food & Wine magazine, will join me as a mini-panel of flag pin-wearing judges. We will cull through your suggestions and select some finalists for your voting, starting next Tuesday.
And to up the ante from our usual prize of mere “glory,” whoever submits the winning slogan will win a signed copy of my just-about-released book, Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink. That’s right, the book that tells the story of wine in France and America through the lens of industry politics could be yours for the Fourth of July.
So put down your flag for a second and start typing your slogan for America as world wine leader!
One of the "seven best wine blogs." 
One of the three best wine blogs
On June 17th, 2008 at 9:16 pm ,Mark Ashley wrote:
One nation, under the table.
On June 17th, 2008 at 9:21 pm ,Mark Ashley wrote:
Syrah or Shiraz, we don’t care.
On June 18th, 2008 at 12:22 am ,Delondra Williams wrote:
“Home of the red, white and cru.”
Oh, yeah! Also, I was thinking we could rip off that Toby Keith song and just say “Courtesy of the red, white and cru!” every time we polish off a bottle of wine. Add in some “Whoooo!”s and gun-shots afterwards for a more homespun effect.
On June 18th, 2008 at 6:48 am ,Patrick Henry wrote:
Give me Wine, or give me Death!
On June 18th, 2008 at 6:48 am ,New Hampshire Bob wrote:
Drink Wine or Die!
On June 18th, 2008 at 7:47 am ,Woody wrote:
This Wine is Your Wine
This wine is your wine, this wine is my wine
From California, to the New York Island
From Monticello, to the Napa Valley
This wine was made for you and me
On June 18th, 2008 at 9:24 am ,Katie wrote:
E Pluribus Vinum.
On June 18th, 2008 at 10:49 am ,Katie wrote:
OK, one more…In Sots We Trust.
On June 18th, 2008 at 11:12 am ,Steve at Winescorecard wrote:
No wine left behind
or
Truthiness through wine
On June 18th, 2008 at 4:11 pm ,Tish wrote:
Wine: Fair and Balanced
On June 18th, 2008 at 6:08 pm ,Ryan wrote:
wine: Its whats for dinner
On June 18th, 2008 at 6:32 pm ,Jasmurph wrote:
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of drunkenness!
On June 18th, 2008 at 7:09 pm ,Susan B. wrote:
Drink red, white and never blue
Just got your book from Amazon in the mail and am excited to start reading.
On June 18th, 2008 at 8:08 pm ,Arthur wrote:
I suspect that Jasmurph’s suggestion may be very fitting for many American wine drinkers…
On June 19th, 2008 at 11:32 am ,Alyse wrote:
America: Great wine without the attitude since 1976.
On June 19th, 2008 at 11:50 am ,Toni Basler wrote:
Americans drink more wine than you!
I say, we say what we mean…leave nothing to interpretation!
On June 19th, 2008 at 1:37 pm ,JDWebster wrote:
In Vinum nos fides
On June 19th, 2008 at 1:41 pm ,JDWebster wrote:
Or…..
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
On June 19th, 2008 at 5:46 pm ,Tom Wark wrote:
America: Letting No Wine Go Undrunk
We Drank; A lot; We Win
America: No Whiners…Just Winos!
America: Where Wine Goes To Be Drunk
On June 19th, 2008 at 9:23 pm ,Steve wrote:
Here’s a few:
America: Finally realizing that zin is not sin
Veni, Vidi, Vici, Vino
America: The greatest consumers on earth
On June 19th, 2008 at 10:32 pm ,Chonch Murphy wrote:
Flok troima gif gelbul!
On June 20th, 2008 at 7:28 am ,aditya wrote:
Where wine pours, there is my country: America
On June 20th, 2008 at 10:10 am ,Tish wrote:
Nice list of slogans. Testament to a good group of readers. How about a twist on Ryan’s:
Wine: it’s what’s with dinner.
On June 20th, 2008 at 10:10 am ,Tonya Evans-Walls wrote:
1. America in 2009: Our time to shine with wine! (like it)
or ….
2. America in 2009: It’s our time for wine. (love it)
3. America loves to get her grape on!
[while rapper Missy Elliott's song "Get Your Drink On" is playing, regular Americans of all ethnicities and ages, but emphasizing youthful drinkers in urban settings, are laughing, having fun, eating and drinking wine -- BTW, this is an average weekend for my friends and I so we should be in this commercial!]. (love, love, love it lol)
On June 20th, 2008 at 10:52 am ,NYBreton wrote:
Send us your Red, your white and your rose….
or
We drink it here - so they don’t have to drink it over there….
or
America - fighting sobriety, one varietal at a time….
or
Per capita consumption - lets all pitch in!
On June 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm ,Arthur wrote:
“Hedonism! Damn the consequences!”
On June 20th, 2008 at 12:59 pm ,Dan wrote:
America: Where red is in, but Merlot is Sideways.
On June 21st, 2008 at 5:58 am ,boyce wrote:
My entry to describe the New Wine Order…
America: Where the streets are paved (flooded?) with wine
Ich bin ein Imbiber, Boyce
On June 21st, 2008 at 6:44 pm ,nyc wrote:
-Glug-
On June 21st, 2008 at 7:01 pm ,spirits wines wrote:
Wine Anytime: from the freezer, to the oven,
to the table.
On June 24th, 2008 at 10:50 am ,A motto for America, wine country #1: vote now! | Dr Vino's wine blog wrote:
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On June 24th, 2008 at 5:53 pm ,Kristi wrote:
God Bless America, Home of the Classy Drunks!
On June 26th, 2008 at 1:18 am ,vinu wrote:
“Have some wine and win’some fame”
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