Italy's vineyards are stronger than drought: Harvest in 2022 will be 50.2 million hectoliters

A satisfactory year in quantity and surprising in quality. According to the harvest forecasts of the Assoenologi Observatory, Ismea and the Italian Wine Union, presented today at Mipaaf, the drought and the record heat of this year have not compromised the Italian vineyard which, at the start of the harvest campaign, promises quality grapes from very good, with a quantity in line with the average of the last few years. In addition to the providential rains of August, the extraordinary work of research and application of producers on a vine that is increasingly resilient to climatic and meteorological adversities guarantees the seal of the final product. According to the data presented today in the presence, among others, of the Minister and Undersecretary for Agricultural Policies, Stefano Patuanelli and Gian Marco Centinaio, production in 2022 should in fact be around 50.27 million hectoliters of wine, the same amount as last year. year (50.23 million hectoliters) and + 3% ...