--- title: Global Wine Production Set to Fall to Four Year Low description: Global wine production looks set to fall 5% in 2016, ranking at the lowest level of output in four years. canonical: https://time.com/4538280/global-wine-production-low/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T14:06:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:48.075Z og:title: Global Wine Production Expected to Fall to 4-Year Low og:description: Findings noted that "climatic events" affected production og:url: https://time.com/4538280/global-wine-production-low/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ff02d13b0c59395/6988aad4524fc0e033df9eaf/gettyimages-71951983.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Fall Harvest Underway At Napa Wineries og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Global Wine Production Expected to Fall to 4-Year Low twitter:description: Findings noted that "climatic events" affected production twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ff02d13b0c59395/6988aad4524fc0e033df9eaf/gettyimages-71951983.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Global Wine Production Expected to Fall to 4-Year Low by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Oct 20, 2016 2:06 PM UTC  The International Organisation of Vine and Wine estimates a global decrease in wine production in 2016. The International Organisation of Vine and Wine estimates a global decrease in wine production in 2016.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Oct 20, 2016 2:06 PM UTC Global wine production looks set to fall 5% in 2016, ranking at the lowest level of output in four years. The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), a trade group that examines scientific and technical findings on wines around the world, [published its estimates](http://www.oiv.int/en/oiv-life/2016-world-wine-production-estimated-at-259-mhl) on Thursday. The organization predicted that the global output of wine would fall to 259 millions of hectolitres (mhl), a significant decrease compared to 2015. [OIV’s findings noted](http://www.oiv.int/public/medias/4883/ptconj-octobre2016-en.pdf) that “climatic events” affected production across South American countries with estimated output levels decreasing sharply in Argentina and Chile, and even by 50% in the case of Brazil. Leading European producers Italy and France are predicted to have experienced slight drops in their production levels of 2% and 12% respectively compared with 2015 levels, although Italy still remains the world’s top wine producer with an estimated output of 48.8mhl in 2016. Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. are all expected to report an increase in production output, while a decrease of 19% is predicted for South Africa. 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