China now has more vineyards than France

China is now second in the world in terms of its vineyard surface area Its nearly 800 kha planted in 2014 put it behind only Spain and just in front of France.

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Figures released this week by the Organisation Internationale de la Vigne ett du Vin showed a slight growth in the global areas under vines (7554 kha, + 8 kha on 2013).

Other key figures:

• World wine production is at a good average (279 mhl), after the high volumes in 2013 (291 mhl)  
• Global wine consumption in 2014, estimated at 240 mhl, dropped slightly by 2.4 mhl compared with 2013, within an overall context of stabilisation since 2009  
• In 2014, the world wine trade continued to increase in terms of volume (104 mhl, +2%) to reach a stable value of 26bn EUR  
• Early estimates of the 2015 harvest: a slight decline in the southern hemisphere