{"id":46586,"date":"2022-09-15T11:19:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T11:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/?p=46586"},"modified":"2022-09-15T13:58:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:58:31","slug":"saving-italys-2022-grape-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/en\/saving-italys-2022-grape-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Italy\u2019s 2022 Grape Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A satisfactory vintage in quantity and surprising in quality. According to the grape harvest forecasts of the Assoenologi Observatory, Ismea and the Italian Wine Union, presented at Mipaaf, this year’s drought and record heat have not compromised the Italian vineyards, which, at the start of the harvest campaign, promise grapes of good to excellent quality, with quantity in line with the average of recent vintages.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy\u2019s 2022 Grape Harvest<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ensuring the resilience of the final product, in addition to the providential August rains, is the extraordinary research and application work of producers on a vine that is increasingly resilient to climatic and meteorological adversity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the data presented to, among others, the minister and the undersecretary for Agricultural Policies<\/strong>, Stefano Patuanelli<\/strong> and Gian Marco Centinaio<\/strong>, 2022 production should in fact be around 50.27 million hectoliters of wine<\/a>, the same amount as last year (50.23 million hectoliters of wine the Agea 2021 figure) and at +3% compared to the average of the five-year period 2017-2021, although the weather trend in the coming weeks remains crucial. Favorable weather conditions for grape ripening could in fact turn the forecast into a positive sign, while unsuitable weather for late varieties would negatively affect the harvest product.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n