Italy has overtaken France to become the world’s largest wine producer this year, according to European Union data.
Moderate weather conditions have resulted in a plentiful grape harvest across the Mediterranean peninsula. Production for 2015 is projected to rise by 13 percent.
The figures submitted to the European Commission in mid-September show total output approaching 50 million hectolitres.
In contrast a heatwave and lack of rainfall in France caused production to decline by one percent.…
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