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Italy poised to wrestle top wine-producing nation status away from France
The Associated Press reports that Italy may become world’s biggest wine producer, surpassing France for the first time in a decade.
Production projections are up 8 percent in Italy following a bumper crop (Mamma Mia!) and down 5 percent in France (sacre bleu!).
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By Niki Foor
December 12, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
It would be interesting to know which Italian regions are seeing the biggest increase in production. Still, good news to those of us who love Italian wines!