Cheering for 2025? Sparkling wine production and exports in EU fell by 8%

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Despite an 8% decrease in sparkling wine production and exports in the EU in 2023, Italy's Prosecco topped EU bubbly wine exports, surpassing French Champagne.

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00:00Sparkling wine production and exports in the EU decreased 8% in 2023.

00:11With new years approaching, having a glass of sparkling wine to celebrate is a must for some.

00:17However, there are fewer bottles to go around as bad weather, made worse by climate change,

00:23hit vineyards hard.

00:25In 2023, the EU produced nearly 1.5 billion litres of sparkling wine.

00:31That's down by 8% compared with 2022.

00:35In 2023, the top producing countries were Italy with 638 million litres,

00:42France with 312 million litres and Germany with 263 million litres.

00:50In the same year, the EU exported 600 million litres of sparkling wine to known EU countries,

00:57marking an 8% fall compared to 2022 export figures.

01:02In 2023, Italy's Prosecco topped EU bubbly wine exports with nearly half the market,

01:09followed by sparkling wine from fresh grapes at 17%,

01:14French Champagne at 15% and Spanish Cava at 10%.

01:19Meanwhile, EU countries imported 5 million litres of sparkling wine

01:24from outside the bloc, corresponding to less than 1% of the amount exported.

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