Italy Becomes Worlds Largest Wine Producer
According to an article released by the AP today, a bigger harvest than usual this year has pushed Italy over the top - becoming the worlds number one wine producer. The news means that Italian vintners have successfully passed over neighboring country and vino-nemesis France for the first time in over a decade.
According to the AP report, "Italy last surpassed France's production in 1998, and has since been reducing the area of land cultivated as vineyards in favor of improving quality, Coldiretti's wine expert Domenico Bosco said Wednesday. Italy's strong harvest is largely due to good weather, Bosco said, which helped Sicily, in particular, recover from lower 2007 yields caused by a deadly fungus there"
Keep an eye out in 2009 for a lot of Italian wines on a shelf near you.
According to the AP report, "Italy last surpassed France's production in 1998, and has since been reducing the area of land cultivated as vineyards in favor of improving quality, Coldiretti's wine expert Domenico Bosco said Wednesday. Italy's strong harvest is largely due to good weather, Bosco said, which helped Sicily, in particular, recover from lower 2007 yields caused by a deadly fungus there"
Keep an eye out in 2009 for a lot of Italian wines on a shelf near you.
posted by My Wine News | 8:57 AM
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