The countries with the world’s biggest vineyard acreage in 2015, in short

Author: Britt Karlsson
November 18, 2016

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November 18, 2016

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OIV, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin), recently presented statistics for 2015 and 2016 on wine production and wine growing in the world. In 2015 the world grape surface increased to 7.5 million hectares.

Spain still leads with just over one million hectares.

China is in second place, a position they conquered the previous year, with 830,000 hectares.

France is third with 786,000 ha.

Italy is number four with 682,000 ha, Turkey is number five with 497,000 ha and the United States is in sixth place with 419,000 hectares.

More info www.oiv.int.

Vineyards with sandy soil and old vines in Castille y Leon in Spain, prieto picudo variety — Vineyards with sandy soil and old vines in Castilla y Leon in Spain, prieto picudo variety, copyright BKWine Photography

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Britt Karlsson

Maker of World's Top Wine Tours. On WBI's Power List of wine journalists. Wine Profile of the Year 2011. We've been named World's Top Wine Tours by Travel + Leisure Magazine. We've written a wine book that won the award World's Best Wine Book for Professionals and another that's been awarded Best Wine Book in Sweden for Professionals. We had (probably) the first web site on wine in Scandinavia in 1996. We publish one of the most read independent wine newsletters on wine. And lots of other things we're proud of too.

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Britt Karlsson