EUROPEAN WINE PRODUCTION FALLS 10% THIS SUMMER, YEAR-ON-YEAR
October 1st, 2014
European Union (EU) wine harvest volumes for 2014 have dropped by almost 10% from last year, a news conference in Brussels heard today (Friday). Speaking at the headquarters of the European farmers and their cooperatives lobby, Copa-Cogeca, French wine producer Thierry Coste said this year’s harvest may only reach 157.7 million hectare litres (hl), some 9.9% less than last year.“Due to the different growing conditions in the wine-growing areas, the quality of the grape varied a lot sometimes even in the same region”, began Coste, chairman of Copa-Cogeca's ...
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