2023-11-07 20:09:33
This year’s world wine production will drop by 7% with respect to the year 2022, given the adverse atmospheric conditions that many wine-growing countries have suffered. The International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) indicated this Tuesday that it will be the lowest figure since 1961.
In Spainthe drop in production is higher than the European average and is in the 14% Due to the severe drought and to the extreme temperatures that the country has suffered in 2023, being the worst year in two decades.
The OIV has published its estimate of total wine production, based on data from 29 countries that represent the 94 % of production, which will be placed on a scale of between 241,7 y 246,6 million hectoliters.
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The great exception has been USAwhich provides for a 12% increase regarding 2022 and a 4% above their average last five years. The keys to its production have beens mild temperatures and winter rains in California after several years of drought in the area.
The head of the statistical service of the OIV, Giorgio Delgrossostressed that “climate anomalies are becoming normal” and that global consumption has been declining for three years due to the crisis of covid, inflation and health campaignss to modify life habits.
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