Wine consumption in Peru reaches 2.8 liters per person per year

Published Oct 7, 2024

Tridge summary

Peru has experienced a significant increase in wine consumption, with per capita consumption rising by 55.5% since the onset of the Covid pandemic, reaching 2.8 liters per person per year. The market is dominated by wines from Argentina, Spain, and Chile, with a growing interest in Peruvian wines. The quality of Peruvian wines has improved, contributing to their increasing popularity, particularly patrimonial wines. Despite the challenges, only 8% of Peru's spirit exports are wine, highlighting the need for more promotion. The 5th National Peruvian Wine Competition is set to take place from October 16 to 19 in Ica, aiming to showcase the quality and diversity of Peruvian wines. In 2023, Peru's wine production decreased by 17.9% to 19.1 million liters, but wine exports increased by 1% to 559,100 liters, with the United States, France, Costa Rica, Spain, and Japan being the main importers.

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(Agraria.pe) Currently, wine consumption in Peru reaches 2.8 liters per person per year, which means an increase of 55.5% compared to the 1.8 liters per capita recorded before the Covid pandemic (which began in 2020). This was reported by the president of the Vitivinicultural Committee of the Ica Chamber of Commerce, Alan Watkin, who explained that this consumption is not only of wine of Peruvian origin but of all origins. “There is a top 3 of wines from different origins that are consumed in Peru that is led by Argentina, Spain and Chile. Then comes a group of wines from other origins where the Peruvian one is,” he said. He indicated that this shift in the preference for national wine is explained because when the Agrarian Reform took place (in 1969) the vineyards and vineyards began to be replaced by other crops, causing the Peruvian wine industry to fall, and since then it has been very difficult for the producer to recover that space “The concept that Peruvians had was that ...

Source: Agraria