The 2020 wine harvest in the European Union is good in terms of volume (160 million hectolitres) and the quality is excellent, the EU’s agricultural organisations and cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) announced on Monday 9 November.
Thierry Coste, Chairman of the Copa-Cogeca wine working group, stressed that “the 2020 harvest is beautiful, qualitative and reasonably plentiful”. He believes that, unfortunately, the second wave of the pandemic will result in the need to implement “ additional market support measures in 2021”.
He reiterated his call for a multi-annual strategic plan to help the sector overcome the crisis and make the necessary investments for a more sustainable future, through the EU Economic Recovery Plan.
The wine harvest is forecast at 46.6 million hectolitres in Italy, 44.1 million hl in France, 43 million hl in Spain, 8.6 million hl in Germany and 6.3 million hl in Portugal. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)