The 2023 harvest was the lightest since the post-war period.
This was certified by the official data sent by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry to the DG Agri which sees last year's Italian wine production stopped at 38.3 million diettolitres, with a drop of 23.2% on 2022 volumes. Data, this is in line with what was forecast at the end of November by the Assoenologi Observatory, Ismea and the Italian Wine Union (Uiv).
The contraction, unprecedented since 1947, was determined in particular by the attacks of downy mildew, a fungal disease caused by frequent rains which affected many vineyards, especially in the Centre-South.
The September summer, on the one hand further lightened the product, on the other had a positive influence on the quality of the grapes.
In the Made in Italy production panorama, observes the Assoenologi Observatory, Ismea and Uiv, PDO wines account for almost 52%, while PGIs represent 25% of the product.
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