Wine Belt
The "wine belt" is the territory covered by countries in Europe where wine is historically the most popular alcoholic beverage. The wine belt is located to the south of the beer belt and the vodka belt. The wine belt has been variously defined as approximately between 41° - 44°N, 30° - 50°N, and 35° - 50/51°N. Countries in the wine belt include Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bulgaria, most of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, San Marino, Slovakia, Switzerland, Romania, and France. Slovenia is in the wine belt, but most of the country apart from the eastern parts overlaps with Beer Belt as well. Additionally, South-West England (if one classes cider as a wine analogue), parts of the Low Countries, southwestern Germany and parts of Austria could be considered to lie either within the belt or within an overlap region.
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