China overtakes France in vineyard area

China is now the world’s second-largest wine-grower by area under cultivation after Spain, pushing France into third place. China has more than doubled the land devoted to vines since the start of the century
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SHARE OF WORLD’S WINE AREA (Percentage)

2000 2014

LAND DEVOTED TO WINE GROWING (Thousands of hectares)

Turkey 502

Italy 690

France 792

Spain 1,021

China 799

Five countries represent 50% of global total

Spain 15.7 13.5

China 3.9 10.6

France 11.5 10.5

Italy 11.6 9.1

Turkey 7.3 6.6

U.S. 5.2 5.6
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TOP 10 PRODUCERS

France 46.7 million hectolitres

Italy 44.7

Spain 41.6

U.S. 22.3

Argentina 15.2

Australia 12.0

South Africa 11.3

China 11.2

Chile 10.5

Germany 9.3

Since vines take 4-5 years to produce and planting surged 2-3 years ago, China’s output is set to soar
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TOP 10 CONSUMERS

U.S. 30.7mhl

France 27.9 

Italy 20.4

Germany 20.2

China 15.8*

UK 12.6

Spain 10.0

Argentina 9.9

Russia 9.6

Australia 5.5

*Calculated by balance sheet (Production + Import – export) of 2013, 2014
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Source: IOVW

Picture: Getty Images

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