date:Sep 09, 2014
ers. In Puglia in the south, production is seen slumping 20 percent to 4.73 million hectoliters.
Italys misfortune contrasts with France, where production is forecast to climb 11 per cent to 46.93 million hectoliters as harvests in the Bordeaux region rebound from the smallest volume in more than two decades, government estimates show. Spains Agriculture Ministry has forecast wine and must production will slide to 39.44 million hectoliters from last years record 53.55 million hectoliters.