Italy, which in the first 9 months of 2021 exported 5.13 billion euros worth of wine (+15% on 2020), has its own locomotive, Veneto. Whose production, according to Istat data, between January and September 2021, reached 1.78 billion euros in shipments, up 13.1% on the same period in 2020, or 34.7% of the total, more than one bottle in three.

In second place is Piedmont, with a foreign turnover of 884 million euros (+18.3%) and a market share of 17.2%, followed by Tuscany, which grew by 20% to 815 million euros and a share of 15.9%. The three leading wine-growing regions of Italy together account for 67.8% of all exports, while Trentino-Alto Adige is at the bottom of the podium, growing less than the other big countries (+8%), but still reaching 454 million euros, or 8.8% of shipments.