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Unusually wet spring and summer sees Italian vintners’ expected production slip 15 per cent - falling behind FranceWine producers in Italy are facing their worst grape harvest for more than half a century due to an unusually wet spring and summer.Italy is normally the world’s biggest wine producer but the poor harvest, which has just started in some regions, means that the accolade is likely to go to France this year.Italian vintners are expected to produce 900 million gallons (41m hectolitres) of wine this autumn, a 15 per cent drop compared to last year, according to Coldiretti, the country’s main agricultural organisation.France will easily supercede that amount, with a forecast production of just over 1 billion gallons, according to the French agriculture ministry.
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