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Anyone else have a hard time differentiating between the red and the brown? --81.178.89.152 (talk) 00:19, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I've read that one major difference between Czechs and Slovaks is that Czechs like beer and Slovaks like wine. Also, Hungary seems to be a wine country. 70.110.59.163 (talk) 17:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure how accurate this map is actually meant to be, but large areas of southwestern Germany have a much more developed wine than beer culture. Also even here clearly blue appearing countries like Finland should rather be considered a mixed area between beer and spirit culture. -91.32.234.164 (talk) 01:01, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Countries of Southeastern Europe
Why are they not coloured at all?--Lulzislife (talk) 22:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Wine was made in GREECE
And yet it is not covered here????? --122.49.132.134 (talk) 07:39, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Scotland
Shouldn't Scotland at least overlap the vodkabelt? It's more famous for whisky than beer and "vodka belt" in my mind is just generic for "hard liquor" and can mean vodka, akvavit, moonshine etc. But what do I know. Pollodiablowiki (talk) 04:58, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Scandinavia, Armenia and others
Couldn't someone explain what the grey striped color means, aswell as the purple striped —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.248.152.93 (talk) 07:55, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Cider
South-west England is a cider-drinking region, not a wine-drinking region - the key should make this clear. English people resent being told they drink wine, which we certainly don't (outside of middle-class London). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.102.120 (talk) 17:57, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

The assertion that "English people don't drink wine outside of middle-class London" is plainly ludicrous and wrong, and an example of the worst kind of inverted snobbery. However, the map does seem to indicate that the South-West of England and South Wales are somehow in the "wine belt". I find this curious for a number of reasons: 1) Wine has been produced in the whole of Southern England and Wales since at least Roman times, though generally in very insignificant quantities. Why, therefore, are these entire regions not in the "wine belt"? 2) I think the inhabitants of South Wales and South-West England would be surprised to find themselves in the "wine belt", as I'm sure they'd regard beers and ciders as being far more their "traditional" drinks than wine, as would the rest of the country. 3) I'm assuming the "wine belt" means "areas of wine production" rather than "areas of wine consumption". However, if it does mean "wine consumption" then the whole country should be in the "wine belt", since wine drinking is now very popular in all parts of Britain (in spite of what matey-boy above seems to think...), especially since good quality, reasonably priced Aussie and South African wines started appearing in British shops. 4) I believe that Kent is becoming increasingly important as an area which produces sparkling white wines...why isn't this in the "wine belt"? 82.3.144.140 (talk) 15:01, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Russia
Russia must be colored as beer+vodka of course. --= APh =-- (talk) 17:40, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
 * It seems that data for Russia is not divided per region. It is likely that, if divided, much of the European Russia (Muscovy) would be beer+vodka, while Northern Caucasus and Povolgia, with their predominant Muslim natives, would be a part of "abstinence belt".178.176.47.69 (talk) 08:00, 28 November 2011 (UTC)