New Year’s Eve, 100 million corks ready to pop at midnight

New Years Eve 100 million corks ready to pop at

(Finance) – Millions of sparkling wine corks strictly Made in Italy they are ready to jump at the stroke of midnight. According to an estimate by Coldiretti based on Ismea-Ui and Ixe data, on New Year’s Eve they will rise to above 100 million bottles of sparkling wine consumed during the holidays, with the tricolor bubbles that will be present on 83% of the tables, from homes to restaurants and farmhouses.

New Year’s Eve traditionally represents the peak of sparkling wine consumption in Italyup 2% compared to last year, while champagne drops 8%.

If Prosecco continues to lead the ranking of national productionswith an incidence of around 70% of the total bottled, a wide variety of bottles can now be found on holiday tables, from traditional ones such as Franciacorta, Asti and Trento Doc to a growing presence of small wineries which have spread rapidly along the entire peninsula.

The tricolor bubbles are also very popular abroad where this year they should reach the 2.3 billion eurosthe best ever, for a 9% increase on 2023according to Coldiretti analysis on Istat data. A growth that unites all markets starting from this one American where there is an increase of 15%, up to Germany (+6%) and to Great Britain (+3%). Italian sparkling wines they also win at Champagnewith a +7% in France, and even in Russia of Putin (+62%) where it is no coincidence that they are among the few products not affected by the embargo.

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