A new report shows where has wine production dried up the most in Europe.
Global wine production reached a historic low in 2023 and climate change could be to blame, a new report has revealed.
The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) says the drink hit its lowest level since 1962. This intergovernmental organisation has 50 member states, representing 75 per cent of the world’s vineyard area.
Experts blame “extreme environmental conditions” including droughts and fires that have been driving the downward trend in production.
As a matter of fact that’s exactly what’s going to happen but it’s hard to change your production from one thing to another when your land has been used for a specific thing for (potentially) centuries. Your whole business is built around and equipped to produce grape and transform it into wine…
We’re seeing that in North America as well, Southern Ontario and Quebec might become one of the great places to produce wine (production is already happening but I’m taking prime real estate for it!) while traditional productions for the regions will need to move north…