The French are turning towards quality over quantity in their alcohol consumption. Online wine sales are a growing niche market, estimated to be worth €1 billion by 2015. But how are people's relationships with alcohol being redefined?

With health and fitness trends on the rise, you'd be forgiven for thinking that boozing is set for a terminal decline. Yet that’s not the case; the majority of Americans knock back four drinks a week. So what's the future of alcohol consumption? And are we all going to become teetotal?

There’s speculation over where the UK’s alcohol industry is headed in today’s healthy, hard-working culture. With pubs closing and wine societies viewed as snobbish, Naked Wines is catering to a new breed of drinker, allowing them to order merlots and chardonnays to their door via a text.

Budget supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have been slowly stealing shoppers from other discount supermarkets, rapidly increasing their market share. Now, Aldi has gone online. Forgoing food for now, it's stocking an initial selection of 90 wines to tempt bargain-hunting shoppers online.