are data from the first seven months of 2007, and over the same period last year. Wine sales rose without mention wine varietal and varietal. On the other hand, fell 10% in domestic consumption.
Given the combination of height above sea level and low humidity, Argentine vineyards are very well protected against insects, fungi and other diseases suffered in other regions. This allows the vines organically grown with few pesticides and other contaminants. Very dry climate zones and soil characteristics favor the production of grapes for the wine best. These features allow Argentina is the first wine producer in South America and ranks fifth in quantity of exports in the world.
The National Wine Institute (INV) reported that in the first seven months of 2007, 177,732,200 liters of wine exported, representing an increase of 29% over the same period last year. Moreover, this generated a foreign exchange income 247,870 of billions of dollars. What was the most exported wine varietal without mention, and which reached a figure of 91,569,700 liters, generating an income of 41,990 thousand dollars. This type of wine was exported mainly to countries of Paraguay, Russia, Brazil, USA, Germany and Estonia.
also increased, compared to the same period in 2006, selling varietal wine. A varietal wine is one made from a single grape variety, or is a mixture where there is a type of grape that predominates over all others. It sold 85,167,600 liters of wine varietal and enrolled a total of 202,689 thousand dollars. The main buyers were the United States, Britain, Canada, Brazil, Denmark, Holland, Mexico, Japan and Norway. However, there was a significant drop in sales of sparkling wine, which fell 44%. The main buyers were Uruguay, Japan, Sweden, Paraguay, United States, Peru, Chile and Brazil.
domestic wine consumption in Argentina, although still high, declined from a year earlier. During the first 7 months of 2007, 606,684,200 liters of wines consumed. This represented a decrease of 10%, since in the same period in 2006 was 614,320,700 liters consumed.
On the other hand, according to INV, the harvest this year was a success, increasing by 9.34% over 2006. In addition, you can infer a growth in wine from grapes of high quality winemaking, showing a 183% increase over 2000 and 11.5% in the previous year.
The total number of vineyards in the country in 2006 was 23,133 in an area of \u200b\u200b223,034 hectares. These figures show a 2% increase over 2005 and 11% compared to 2000. 92% of the area planted with vines is concentrated in Mendoza and San Luis. The conduction system is predominantly grapevine (58% of the surface), followed by high trellis (28%) and low trellis with 13%.
the total vine area declared in the Register of Vineyards, 94.4% are making wine varieties, 4.7% for fresh consumption, 0.7% for raisins and the rest of the percentages for other varieties that are not specified. The most cultivated grapes in the country are Malbec (23%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (20%).
