The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) has presented preliminary figures for the 2021 harvest for the southern hemisphere. In the April Brief, we wrote about Argentina, estimated to produce 10.1 million hectolitres, decreasing from 2020 by 6.4%.
Neighbouring Chile produced 11.9 million hl. This is an increase of 15% from 2020, which was a challenging year with low yields due to frost and extreme drought. The winter of 2020 offered long-awaited rain. It even rained in January, which is very rare in Chile.
Australia produced 12.5 million hl, an increase of 18% compared to 2020, which means that the country is back to normal levels after having had low figures for three years in a row.
New Zealand, with 3 million hl, decreased its production by 8.8% due to late spring frost and cool spring weather. Some producers are expecting a shortage of sauvignon blanc.
South Africa’s production increased by 0.7% to 10.4 million. hl. The vineyards seem to have recovered from the severe drought that ended the winter of 2019-2020.
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