Friday, March 25, 2016
Italy exported 373 million bottles of sparkling wine (in 2015)
- 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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