> But in countries where wine is more popular than beer, such as Italy, France, Spain and Greece, bingeing and drinking games are rarer and generally frowned on.

Being from one of these countries I can safely say this is wrong on both counts. As a student I saw how popular drinking games were, and participated in many.

This is only a small part of the article, but it's always a bad feeling when one of the opening lines presents incorrect statements as facts. What else in this article is also completely wrong?

Are readers supposed to actively attempt to trigger the Gell-Mann amnesia effect to be able to enjoy an article?