The Bulk Wine Club has published the latest data: why Italy and France need to import such a large quantity of bulk wines?

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The Bulk Wine Club has published the latest data relating to the 10 largest exporters and importers of bulk wine (packaging over 10 liters).

From January 2019 to January 2020, the global bulk wine trade reached 33.93 million hectoliters (13% of world wine production estimated at 260 mhl), for a total of 2,472 million euros. These figures represent a 2% increase in volume terms, but a 5.6% decrease in value. The average price fell 7.4% to 0.73 €/liter.

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Wines and territories: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, geographical term “Tuscany” mandatory on the label

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, geographical term "Tuscany" mandatory on the label

The geographical term “Tuscany” will necessarily accompany all the labels of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Rosso di Montepulciano and Vin Santo di Montepulciano. The changes to the disciplinary of Montepulciano wines also published in the Official Journal of the EU.

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