The worst world wine production in more than 60 years

Winemakers and grape producers will hardly forget this year's figures. Wine felt the impact of the climate, with drought, frost and hail in our country, but in other parts of the world they can bear the same testimony. Even worse. A recent study by the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) indicates that world production in 2023 will be the lowest in the last 60 years. This is a 7% decrease compared to 2022, but it was enough to break the floor that had marked the production of 1961, when it was 214 million hectoliters (mhl). The current moment is even lower than the “poor figures” of 2017, when 248 mhl were achieved. “This year's production would be between 241.7 (mhl) and 246.6 mhl,” according to the report that takes information from 29 countries that, together, represent 94% of world production. Currently, it is France that leads world production. Its performance was not bad, but it was not enough to compensate for the decline in the rest of the European Union, ...