Italian farmers' association
Coldiretti said Friday that this year's grape harvest is set to
generate 10-15% less wine that the 51.6 billion hectolitres
produced in 2016.
The association said that this was due to the dry winter and
the ongoing heat wave-drought, which has also led to the harvest
coming by around 10 days with respect to last year, making it
the earliest in a decade.
Nevertheless, Coldiretti said it expects this year's wine to
be good or excellent, while stressing that much still depends on
the weather in August and September.
Despite the forecast fall in production, Italy is still set
to make more wine this year than France, Coldiretti said.
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