date:Mar 25, 2013
Wine production across the world dropped by 6% to 250.9 million hectoliters in 2012, compared to 2011 figures, according to the global economic vitiviniculture report drafted by International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), an intergovernmental organization with expertise in the field of vines, wine and wine-based beverages.
The decrease in worldwide wine production was primarily due to reduction in number of vineyards and poor weather conditions.
In the European Union, wine production wa