Data on wine production in 2019 published by the OIV confirm that Italy is the biggest world wine producer, with 49.2 million hectolitres.
42% of Italian production is PDO wine, 24% PGI wine and the remaining 34% is varietal wine. Italian winegrowers Italian winegrowers produce more white wine (28 milion hectolitres) than red wine (21 million hectolitres). The region that produces more wine is Veneto, with 11.3 million hectoliters.
