Romania ranks 11th in the top of the biggest world wine producers, with a production of 6.8 million hl, being exceeded both by the world leader Italy with a production of 48.6 million hl, and Chile , ranking 9th, with 8.7 million hl and Russia, 10th with 7.1 million hl, according to the report presented by the general manager of the International Wine and Vine Organization , Federico Castellucci, at the 7th annual meeting of the organization held in Zagreb, according to an article published on the Internet portal hebdorivenord.com.

As for the world wine production, Romania ranks 10th with 5.4 million hl yearly, France ranking last with 31.8 million hl. At world level, the wine consumption is 254 million hl/year. The report also shows, that at the end of the 1980s 8.8 million ha of vine were planted at world level, while in present there are 7.75 million ha. The country that suffered the biggest drawback was Romania where the area cultivated with vineyards was reduced by 50,000 ha.

At present, the world wine production is about 269 million hl per year, on the drop compared to 305 million hl per year at the end of the 1980s. Moreover, while in 1990 about 78% of the world wine production came from Europe, in 2000 it dropped to 71.5% and now to 67%. In exchange the share of wines from Asia and Oceania grew from 1.5% and 1.6% to 5% and 5.4%. Even if percentages seem low we should point out that in 20 years Oceania and Asia have trebled their wine production.