I drink water in the US every day just fine, I don't think there's anything cultural going on here.
No one drinks coffee or tea or beer or wine in Italy? Pop culture has deceived me.
No one drinks coffee or tea or beer or wine in Italy? Pop culture has deceived me.
Wine is definitely more prevalent in the older gens, young people drink albeit less. Up until a few years ago - and in some older people is valid for today as well - there was the belief that a small glass of wine a day wouldn't do harm, or that it had a positive effect on your health...
So yeah, alcohol is often on the table, but there's much less choice about the variety of drinks compared in the us. Then, if you have to work in the afternoon you might choose to not drink alcohol, so you're stuck with water or the other more common soft drinks such as coke (...)