Wine production volumes

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Grapes are grown in around 120 of the world’s 193 countries (as of 2024). In most of these, wine is also produced from the grapes. Certain conditions, particularly Klimaclimate and soil type, are required for the production of quality wine. This (alongside the winemaker’s craft) is encapsulated by the international term ‘terroir’.

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Wine-growing belts

The so-called wine-growing belts comprise those geographical areas of the world where, under favourable climatic conditions, quality-oriented viticulture is possible and grapevines thrive. The key conditions for this are referred to as ‘suitability for viticulture ’. Around 95 per cent of the world’s vineyard areas are located within these zones. They extend roughly between the 30th and 50th parallels of north latitude and the 30th and 40th parallels of south latitude. The six most common wine grape varieties worldwide in 2016 were:

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