Friday, March 25, 2016

Italy exported 373 million bottles of sparkling wine (in 2015)

Italy exported 373 million bottles of sparkling wine by Italian Wine & Food in China

  • 373 million bottles of Italian sparkling delivered in 90 markets worldwide
  • 288 million bottles of Prosecco (value 800 million Euro)
  • +17% volume 2015 on 2014
  • UK is the first market for Italian sparkling wines (34% share equal 100 million of bottles), USA is the second (19%), then Germany 18%)
  • France confirmed the discovery of Prosecco, which accounts for 10% of all imported sparkling
  • -21% Asti DOCG market share (over the past 5 years)
  • +21% Prosecco DOC market share (over last year)
  • Italy is the largest sparkling wine producer: 23% share
  • Italy is also the biggest sparkling wine exporter: 32% share

[2015 data provided by OSVE - Osservatorio economico dei vini effervescenti]

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