Despite the pandemic and the logistical and transport difficulties that have been affecting international trade for some time, Italy is bringing home an encouraging result on the wine front.

According to ISMEA data and the Italian Wine Union (UIV), which processed the Istat data relating to wine exports, in the first quarter of the year the cumulative balance is negative by 4% in value and 8.2% in volume, but looking at the data for individual months, the curve is clearly improving: in volume, it went from -19% in January to -11% in February to reach zero balance in March, with sparkling and still bottled wines in a positive wake, at + 7%.