At the start the harvest, Coldiretti: less wine, but 40% is doc – TVNZ

At the start the harvest, Coldiretti: less wine, but 40% is doc – TVNZ

Monday, August 11, 10 days in advance of the 2013 harvest has begun in Italy, with a production that “as a result of the climate altogether abnormal early summer will most likely be more contained in the previous year, with more than 49 million hectoliters was particularly rich. ”

 

The harvest began on the farm Faccoli, in Cava in Coccaglio in the province of Brescia in Franciacorta, where you collect the white grapes for the production of sparkling wines that traditionally awarded on startup of grapes for wine production.

With these premises will be head to head to win the record production with France where – Coldiretti – the first for 2014 damage with average production in the last five years of 46 4 million hectoliters, according to the Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture over the Alps.

In Italy you start with the pinot and chardonnay in a path that – says the statement – will continue in September and October with the collection of large red grapes native Sangiovese, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo and will end in November this year even with the grapes Aglianico and Nebbiolo.

 

If there are no upsets, says Coldiretti, it is expected that the production Made in Italy will be allocated to more than 40% to 332 wines with denomination of origin (DOC) and 73 wines with denomination of controlled and guaranteed origin (DOCG), 30% to 118 wines IGT (IGT) recognized in Italy, and the remaining 30% to table wines.

the beginning of the grape harvest in Italy activates an economic engine that generates almost 9.5 billion in revenue just from the sale of wine and employs 1.25 million people. According to research by Coldiretti, for each bunch of grapes harvested are activated as many as 18 areas of work by the processing trade, from glass bottles and glasses for the manufacture of cork stoppers, continuing with transport, accessories, wine, cosmetics, bioenergy and much more.

 

The harvest in 2014 – remember the Coldiretti – will involve 650 thousand hectares of vineyards, of which 480 thousand DOCG, DOC and IGT wines and wineries where more than 200 thousand this year than in the past with the crisis is expected the presence of a greater number of Italians, especially young people, compared to the EU.