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    BIG THREE REVEL IN A BUMPER HARVEST

    Mar 03, 2019 4 minutes
    WORDS SALLY EASTON MW

    FTER the difficult, small, 2017 vintage across much of Europe, that saw damaging frost, hail, heatwave and drought in various locations, 2018, in general, was something of a relief. Yes, there were regional significant weather-related challenges, but overall, production volumes have mainly recovered. Given that the top three wine-producing countries - Italy, France, Spain - all harvested crops in line with or better than their respective five-year averages, this has helped to make 2018 one of the highest global productions this millennium - at around 282 million hectolitres (mhl), according to early estimates from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), an intergovernmental agency working scientifically and technically on vines, wines, wine-based drinks, table grapes and raisins. There

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