In the first 9 months of 2021 Italian wine sales in the off-trade channel grew in value – according to NielsenIQ data released by Federvini (association of Italian wine producers) – by +6.1% compared to the same period of 2020. This was mainly due to the strong impulse given by sparkling wines, whose sales increased by +27.5% – the dry Charmat and Metodo Classico typologies above all others.

Exports are growing as well. Italian wine is reporting great success in the main importing countries. In the period between January and September, 2021 (compared to 2020) exports grew by +14.7% in the United States, +6.1% in the UK, +9.4% in Germany, +15% in Canada, +27% in Russia, and as much as +47.2% in China.