date:Sep 09, 2014
duction statistics. Volumes are predicted to slide in 12 out of Italys 15 production regions, including Piedmont, home to the Barolo and Barbaresco wines, the association estimates.
The weather didnt grant any respite to the wine industry, the Milan-based group, known as Assoenologi, wrote. The 2014 vintage was an obstacle course, full of hope, reversals and disappointments.
Italys average rainfall in July was 73 per cent above the long-term average, with 22 rainy days in the north of the coun