According to harvest estimates provided by the Member States, EU wine production in 2021 (2021/2022 wine year) is expected to be 147 million hectolitres (hl), which represents a 13% decrease compared to the 2020/2021 wine year, the European Commission said on Tuesday 12 October.
“Adverse spring and summer weather events, alternating frosts and floods, and vine diseases linked to these climatic conditions, appear to have had a real impact on the 2021 EU wine harvest”, the Commission...