Italy has become a world leader in the production of wines, in second place - France. Three leaders, including Spain, were determined based on the number of grown grapes in 2015.

Last year due to adverse weather conditions in Italy season brought less crop, this year the weather was not lucky in France. Statistics collected this year the harvest presented to the EU.

According to summary data of the European Commission, in Italy, yields jumped 13 percent compared to last season - there have collected 48.8 million hectolitres of grapes in France - 46,45 million and in Spain of 36.6 million. Just this year in Europe collected 163,8 million hectoliters of grapes. While Italy and France are the world's largest exporters of wine. On the fourth and fifth places - Germany and Portugal.

According to the Director of the Center of researches Federal and regional alcohol markets "Figure" Vadim Drobiz, in terms of billions of liters, Italy produces 4.5 to 4.8 billion liters of wine. Russia, taking into account the Crimean vineyards, and 300 million liters annually.

"Despite the fact that in the year of the Russians to drink 1.5 billion liters of wine, given the sparkling champagne, the imports of wine accounted for 80 percent,"says Drobiz.

According to him, today in Russia is three times less vineyards than in Soviet times. Of the 90 thousand hectares of land on which grows the vine, fruit of 60 thousand ha. to increase the volume of wine up to 1 billion litres, Russia has four times to increase the area under vineyards, which would take at least 15 years.

"Then most likely we can refuse to import wine materials",- said the expert.