Global wine production dropped 10% in 2023, climate change blamed for decline
Representative image of wine.
Wine production globally dropped 10 per cent in 2023. Citing theInternational Organization of Vine and Wine or OIV, the news agency AFP reported on Thursday (Apr 25) that this drop was thebiggestinmore than60 years.
The OIV saidthat thedrop happenedbecause of "extreme" climate changes. Extreme environmental conditionsincludingdroughts, fires and other problems withclimatewere mostlyto blame for the drastic fall, the OIV added.The global grape harvestwas the worst since1961,and worse even than its early estimates in November.
Australia,Italy among the worstaffected
As per the OIV, Australia and Italy suffered the worst,with 26 and 23 per cent drops. Spain lost more thana fifth of its production. Harvests in Chile and South Africa were down by more than 10 per cent.
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France bucked the falling harvesttrend,with a four per cent rise, making itby farthe world's biggest wine producer.
Wine consumptionlowestsince 1996
The OIV further said that wine consumption last year wasat its lowestlevelsince 1996. The reasons for this were price increases caused by inflation and a sharp fall in wine drinking in China due to its economic slowdown. The Portuguese, French and Italians remain the world's biggest wine drinkers per capita.
John Barker, OIV's director, said that theunderlying decrease in consumption was being drivenby demographic and lifestyle changes. "But given the very complicated influences on global demand at the moment.What is clear is that inflation is the dominant factor affecting demand in 2023," Barker said.
Meanwhile, land giventogrowing grapes to eat or for wine fell for the third consecutive year to 7.2 million hectares. But India became one of the global top 10 grape producers for the first time with a three per cent rise in the size of its vineyards.
(With inputs from agencies)