Russia has become the third in the world in terms of wine production growth

Italy in 2024 again became the main producer of wine in the world, displacing France, and Russia became the eleventh and one of the few countries that managed to increase the output of this drink, follows from the materials of the International Organization of Viticulture and Winemaking (OIV), which were studied by RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the Director General of the organization John Barker said that the production of wine in the world in 2024 collapsed to 226 million hectoliters, which was the minimum since 1961.

It is noted that Russia last year produced 5.4 million hectoliters of this type of alcohol, maintaining the 11th place. At the same time, domestic companies increased production by 19%. Only Georgia (+27%) and Argentina (+23%) were able to show more significant dynamics.

In addition, most of the major wine producers faced a decline in output last year, with the strongest decline in Brazil (-41%) and Moldova (-40%).

Italy was again the largest wine producer in 2024. In 2023, the country lost the palm of supremacy to France. However, last year Italian winemakers increased their output by 15% - up to 44.1 million hectoliters, while the French, on the contrary, faced a decrease in production - by 24% to 36.1 million hectoliters.

The top three, as a year earlier, were rounded out by Spain, which produced 31 million hectoliters of wine, up nine percent from a year earlier. Fourth place went to the United States, whose output fell 17 percent to 21.1 million hectoliters. Argentina, which increased its production by 23 percent over the year to 10.9 million hectoliters, was fifth, moving up one position.

The top ten also includes Australia (10.2 million hectoliters), Chile (9.3 million), South Africa (8.8 million), Germany (7.8 million) and Portugal (6.9 million).

Reprinted from https://ria.ru/