The value of Italian wine exports grew buy an estimated 6 per cent to €5.4 billion in 2015, compared to €5.1 billion in the previous year. However, reduced product availability after 2014's disappointing harvest meant that the volume of wine exports was lower than the year before, reaching just over 20 million hectolitres.

Growth was mainly driven by sparkling wines, whose cross-border sales increased in terms of both value and volume by over 10 per cent. Prosecco registered new export records in the North American (USA and Canada), UK, Swiss and Scandinavian (mainly Sweden and Norway) markets. Despite subdued sales, bottled wines still accounted for more than 75 per cent of total Italian wine exports.

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Source: http://www.esmmagazine.com/