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Curiosities of wine: climate change puts pressure on Chilean industry

April 24, 2017

Chile is the 4th largest wine exporter in the world, but in recent years it has been suffering the consequences of climate change, which is directly affecting production. Climate change is here to stay. This situation could be seen with the harvests of this year. Practically all were anticipated, due to the increase of the heat and the increase of the hours of heat that were registered in the spring and the summer. On the other hand, the vineyards…

During 2016 Chile was the 4th largest exporter of wine

April 20, 2017

Cortahojas Wines

Learn more about premuim Chilean wines and export of high quality./- Countries such as China, the US and Italy boosted the demand for wine during 2016, achieving an increase of 0.4%, reaching up to 242 million hectoliters. On the other hand, wine production fell by 3%, reaching 267 million hectoliters. This happened due to climatic conditions. Wine producing countries According to the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), the list of major wine producing countries is led by…

China was the main destination for wines in 2016

April 12, 2017

Cortahojas Wines

Learn more about chilean wines in www.cortahojas.com. …..The year 2016 was key for the Chilean wine sector, achieving a turnover of US $ 1,350 million and a 4.8% increase in volume in exported liters, according to data provided by Vinos de Chile. In this context, China became the main market for Chilean wine, surpassing the USA, which led the ranking of exports of Chilean wine in 2015. Also in 2016 new markets for Chilean wines emerged, among Ireland and Holland,…

Sales figures confirm Chile as the 4th wine exporter in the world

April 10, 2017

Cortahojas Wines

The numbers speak for themselves. Chile is the world’s fourth largest wine exporter and sales reach approximately two billion dollars. Visit CortaHojas.com and learn more about chilean wines. For wine producers, the year 2016 was very positive, as the balance showed favorable figures. Exports totaled 906.7 million liters, resulting in sales of more than US $ 1,845 million. These are divided into 54,000 boxes; 383 million in bulk and 566 thousand in sparkling. The domestic market also showed positive figures,…