Worldwide wine production increases by twelve percent
Following a historic low in 2017, global wine production this year picked up sharply by twelve percent. According to a first estimate by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, the winegrowers brought 282 million hectolitres into their cellars - after 251 million hectolitres in the previous year.
This is one of the best results since 2000, the organisation announced in Paris on Friday. As usual, however, there are large regional differences due to the weather.
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Italy defended first place in the ranking of the most important wine producing countries. There, 48.5 million hectolitres of wine were pressed, an increase of 14 percent over the previous year. One hectolitre is 100 litres. In France, according to statistics wine country number two, production rose by 27 per cent to 46.4 million hectolitres and in Spain to third place by 26 per cent to 40.9 million hectolitres. The three traditional European wine countries together account for almost half of total world production.
After an increase of 31 percent, Germany came in ninth place. There the winegrowers were able to produce 9.8 million hectolitres, the highest production level of the last 10 years./evs/DP/jha (dpa)
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