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Italian wine

Tuscan Chianti in a traditional fiasco

Italian wine (Italian: vino italiano) is produced in every region of Italy. Italy is the country with the widest variety of indigenous grapevine in the world,[1][2] with an area of 702,000 hectares (1.73 million acres) under vineyard cultivation,[3] as well as the world's second largest wine producer and the largest exporter as of 2023.[4][5] Contributing 49.8 million hl of wine in 2022, Italy accounted for over 19.3% of global production, ahead of France (17.7%) and Spain (13.8%);[5][6] the following year, production decreased by 11.5 million hl, and Italy was surpassed by France.[4] Italian wine is also popular domestically among Italians, who consume a yearly average of 46.8 litres per capita, ranking third in world wine consumption.[7]

The origins of vine-growing and winemaking in Italy has been illuminated by recent research, stretching back even before the Phoenician, Etruscans and Greek settlers, who produced wine in Italy before the Romans planted their own vineyards.[8] The Romans greatly increased Italy's viticultural area using efficient viticultural and winemaking methods.[9]

  1. ^ "L'Italia è il maggiore produttore di vino" (in Italian). 25 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Salvo, Luigi (3 June 2017). "L'Italia è il paese con più vitigni autoctoni al mondo" (in Italian). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ Karlsson, Per (14 April 2019). "World wine production reaches record level in 2018, consumption is stable". BKWine Magazine. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b Conway, Jan (5 June 2024). "Leading countries in wine production worldwide 2023". Statista. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b Conway, Jan (5 June 2024). "Global leading countries in wine export 2023, based on volume". Statista. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. ^ Rojo Moro, Alberto (18 August 2023). Pallavi, Rao (ed.). "Ranked: World's Biggest Wine Producers by Country". Visual Capitalist. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  7. ^ Conway, Jan (15 May 2023). "Countries with highest wine consumption per person 2021". Statista. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  8. ^ Dodd, Emlyn (1 July 2022). "The Archaeology of Wine Production in Roman and Pre-Roman Italy". American Journal of Archaeology. 126 (3): 443–480. doi:10.1086/719697. ISSN 0002-9114. S2CID 249679636.
  9. ^ "Wine". Unrv.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

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