Stagnation of global production in 2008 - China shaping up to be world's top importer. - World wine production has stagnated in 2008 compared with the previous year, says the Organisation internationale de la vigne et du vin (OIV), with production estimated at somewhere between 260.4 and 273.4 million hectolitres, a level similar to that of 2007 (266.9 million hectolitres). Production within the European Union, the OIV says, is at its lowest since 1991, with a fall of 1.3 million hectolitres...