Wine consumption falls again in Italy, show figures
Decanter.com./- Overall wine consumption in Italy dropped by 6.5% last year, according to Wine Monitor, a wine specific branch of the research group Nomisma, which reported its figures ahead of the Vinitaly expo in Verona earlier this month. In value terms, wine sales rose by 7% versus 2012, but the analyst group attributed this to price rises. The news continues a long-running theme in Italy, which in 2012 saw wine consumption hit its lowest level since the 19th Century. Italians…