A processing of 70 million quintals of grapes is calculated, down 6%, a quantity of wine 2019 in hectoliters, down 9% compared to the record harvest of 2018, but still 9% higher than the historical average.
Among the most significant regions at national level, the very high production in Puglia should be boost, 9.7 million hectoliters, stable in 2018 and + 47% on the average, while they return to the norms and data relating to Veneto, production returns at 9.4 million hectoliters, therefore -27% on 2018 and + 4% on the historical average of Emilia where 6.4 million hectoliters were produced according to this estimate, -13% on 2018 and in line with the historical average. Sicily then comes with a drop of 9% and a harvest below the historical average (8%), at 4.5 million hectoliters.