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French Wine Facts

  • French wines are considered the finest in the world, and France produces more than 20% of the world’s wine that is 550 million cases.
  • Bordeaux vineyards cover an area of over 270,000 acres and Bordeaux alone has over 7,500 Wine châteaux.
  • There are around 450 different wine appellations in France and 72% of the adult French population finds it difficult to understand French wine labels.
  • Of all the wine produced in Bordeaux red wine accounds for almost 85 percent.

Italian Wine Facts

  • According to statistics for 1995, Italy produces 56,832,000 hectoliters of wine annually with every Italian region being a producer.
  • Italian wines are exported abroad each year to the average quantity of 1,092,000 tons of which 840,000 tons go to countries of the European Union and the rest to countries outside this area.s Italy imports 12,375 tons of wine every year, of which 10,519 tons come from countries in the European Union (with France in the lead) and the rest from countries outside.
  • An average Italian consumes 26 gallons of wine a year.
  • 58% of customers would drink Wine with their food in the UK in Italian Restaurants.

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