Global wine production rebounded to a 5-year high in 2018: Report

This year's European output, excluding juice and musts, rose 19% to an estimated 168 mhl

Global wine production rebounded to a five-year high in 2018 from a historic low last year, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said on Friday.

Output rose 12.4 per cent to 282 million hectolitres - one of the largest volumes of the century - from 251 mhl in 2017, when bad weather in Europe weighed on production.

This year's European output, excluding juice and musts, rose 19 per cent to an estimated 168 mhl. Production rose 14 per cent to 48.5 mhl in Italy and 27 per cent to 46.45 mhl in France, respectively the top- and second-ranked global producers.

Production by the United States rose 2 per cent to 23.9 mhl in 2018, a third consecutive bumper year that confirmed its No.4 position in the global ranking, OIV said.

A hectolitre amounts to 100 litres, or the equivalent of 133 standard wine bottles.