Wines of Argentina

Key figures

ARGENTINA, a Wine Country:

 -  5th world’s largest wine producer

-  13,769007 hl. produced in 2008

-  1,332 Wineries

 -  7th world´s largest wine exporter:    4,140,547.95 hectoliters in 2008 

+1,349 % in Volume and

+1,451% in $ in the period of January 2002 through April 2008

-  8th world´s largest wine consumer: 8 gallons consumption per capita in 2008 (775,180.20 hectoliters in total)

 -  9th in Cultivated Surface: 226,450 ha

-   2008 Harvest: 3 million tons (70% vinified)

*Source: Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura