date:May 15, 2014
argest wine producer behind Italy and Spain. France is still the worlds top wine exporter in value at 7.8bn euros, ahead of its two main competitors.
World wine production rose last year by 9.4% to 279m hectolitres, aided by record production in Spain, Chile, South Africa and New Zealand, according to the OIV. But the Paris-based group warned of a likely sharp drop in output in the southern hemisphere for the year ahead, due to adverse weather conditions. The group estimated a fall of around 20