The International Organization of Vine & Wine’s global report

The global area under vines and total wine consumption are stable while the world wine production is historically low with disparities.

In 2017, the international trade increased over 3% with stronger growth in sparkling wines +11% in volume.

USA confirmed its leading consumer position with 13% of the world consumption, top 1 importer in value and top 3 in volume after Germany and UK.

Despite fairly strong growth from France and Italy, Spain remained the biggest volume exporter with a 20% market share. Chile and New Zealand recorded relatively significant increases.

The estimates of the 2018 harvest in the southern hemisphere display stable volume with contrasts between the increasing countries like Argentina, Chile and New Zealand and those decreasing like Australia and South Africa.


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http://www.oiv.int/public/medias/5948/en-oiv-press-release-24-april-2018.pdf