Winegrowers in Italy, the world's top wine producer, are reeling from the country's two-month lockdown. coronavirus
Italy's 47.5 million hectoliters edged out France's 42.1 million for last year's, although France's 9.8 billion euros in exports beat out Italy's 6.4 billion euros.two-month lockdownLodovico Giustiniani, president of the Confagricoltura agricultural lobby in the vineyards-filled region of Veneto, said the domestic market imploded when theBut the situation has not been much better for exports.
Giustiniani's own winery, Borgoluce, whose Prosecco does not sell in supermarkets but is exported to the United States and Asia, saw its sales fall by 90% last month, he said.For decades, Barolo has focused on"maximum quality," earning a place on the wine lists of some of the world's best restaurants, said Paolo Boffa, president of the Terre del Barolo cooperative.
The producers of Barolo are hoping to be allowed to store it outside the traditional production area, a practice normally not allowed under strict classification rules.The Chianti Wine Consortium has already made such a decision to reduce production by 20%. The step, called"drastic" by its president, Giovanni Busi, would likely cause"serious economic damage to companies," he said.
Coldiretti, the Italian agricultural association, said it has presented the government with a plan to turn at least 3 million hectoliters of cheaper wine into disinfectant.However, this is not an option for top-of-the-range reds such as Barolo, which can be kept for decades.
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