Italian wine exports worldwide, while remaining positive in the first quarter of 2025, as reported by WineNews analyzing Istat data, are losing ground and the impression is that the trend may change in the next surveys. Attention is largely focused on the United States, Italy’s historic leading trading partner and leader in wine exports from Italy.

And while in March 2025 the value of exports rose to €513.3 million, up 12.5% on March 2024, the figure was significantly lower than the growth recorded in January (+20.5%) and February 2025 (+19.3%). These figures perhaps demonstrate that the rush to buy before the arrival of duties, which then materialized in April, is coming to an end.