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The International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) has increased its estimate of Italy’s wine production from the 2016 harvest to 50.9 million hectoliters, up by 2 percent over 2015 and well in the lead in world wine production. Global production dropped by about 3 percent to 267 million hectoliters. Despite a slight decline in volume, China continued its climb up the ladder, moving into the sixth position, at least partly due to the very poor harvests in South America that reduced production in Argentina and Chile by about a quarter. New Zealand rejoined the top 15 with a normal harvest after a particularly bad 2015. (Volume in thousands of hectoliters; e.g., global production is around 267 million hl)Country20122013201420152016Italy45,61654,02944,20050,00050,900France41,54842,13446,50047,00043,500Spain31,12345,30839,50037,70039,300United States21,65024,40023,10021,70023,900Australia12,25912,31011,90011,90013,000China13,51111,78011,60011,50011,400South Africa10,56910,98211,50011,20010,500Chile12,55412,82010,00012,87010,100Argentina11,77814,98415,19713,3589,400Germany9,0128,4099,2028,9009,000Portugal6,3276,2316,1957,0006,000Russia6,2205,2904,8805,6005,600Romania3,3115,1133,7003,5003,300New Zealand1,9402,4843,2042,3003,100Greece3,1153,3432,8002,5002,600Rest of World27,40030,40026,50028,90025,400World257,900290,000270,000276,000267,000 Note: 2016 data are provisional and are likely to change in future reports.

Source: OIV, March 2017Share this:Decanter experts have searched the top wines of 2015 to find 50 'star buys' spanning wine regions all over the world. Here is the final list of wines broken into five collections, including the top 10 wines of 2015 and four further selections based on region. red wine price at indiaKeep an eye out for Steven Spurrier's top wines of 2015, too - to be published later this week.pictures of wine farms Top wines of 2015: Decanter 50 star buyspictures of wine farms [Page updated on 29 December 2015] best italian red wine typesThe star buys selection is taken from thousands of wine tasted during 2015, and includes 14 wines under £20 – meaning there’s a host of affordable treats to kickstart your seasonal festivities.best wine cookie recipe

See more of the best wines of 2015 as chosen by Decanter experts The top 10 wines are now available to view (29 December), and there are also four further collections covering the the other 40 star buys, which are not ranked. The collections include: star buys from the Americas, including Chile, Argentina and the US; where can i buy cat winestar buys from France, Italy and England; star buys from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa; and star buys from Spain and Portugal. Here are the 10 top wines of 2015 based on those that shone best in a blind tasting with a… See below for Decanter star buys of 2015 France, Italy and England Back to: Top wines of 2015 – Decanter… See below for Decanter star buys of 2015 South America & US Back to: Top wines of 2015 – Decanter… See below for Decanter star buys of 2015 Australia, New Zealand and South Africa Back to: Top wines of 2015…

See below for Decanter star buys of 2015 Spain and Portugal Back to: Top wines of 2015 – Decanter 50… See all of Decanter’s 50 star buys straight away by subscribing to the January issue of Decanter magazine, out now. How the wines were chosen Our experts – Peter Richards MW, Sarah Jane Evans MW and Xavier Rousset MS – have chosen Decanter’s 50 star buys from the hundreds of wines rated Outstanding in 2015. Every one scored 18.5/20 (95/100) points and above during the past 12 months and are taken from Decanter magazine’s monthly panel tastings and Weekday Wines, as well as recommendations from our writers that have been published in feature articles and supplements. Our three experts retasted the wines blind (only the principal grape variety and vintage were known) and judged them totally on their own merits. The tasting included lots of stylistic differences, but our panel unanimously agreed on the final 50. See the first few wines below.

Page updated on 29 December 2015If you like it, save it! Save and organize all of the stuff you love in one place. If you like something… Click the heart, it's called favoriting. Favorite the stuff you like. Sparkling red wine—make that good sparkling red wine—is the wine world's best-kept secret. When I was in college I had a roommate whom I loved dearly, but who had incredibly different taste from me. I whipped cream by hand while she bought a tub of Cool Whip. I drank red wine while she drank fruity vodka concoctions whose names shouldn’t be repeated in polite company. So, when one day she brought home a bottle of sparkling red wine that she was over the moon about, I was skeptical. Plus, red wine isn’t supposed to be fizzy, right? What she had was a bottle of cheap Lambrusco: fizzy, cloying, and about on par with a wine cooler as far as complexity of flavor goes. My skepticism was confirmed and my opinion on sparkling red wine was set.

That is, until a number of years later, when I was visiting a family friend of ours who was passing through Vermont. Our friend Karen and her husband Paul own a vineyard in Southern Australia where they make really beautiful handcrafted wines. Karen was on a sales trip in Canada and she popped down into the U.S. so my mom and I could meet up with her to say hello. She brought us a bottle of sparkling Shiraz that we all split, and I was floored. The difference between this and the Lambrusco I’d tasted half a decade earlier couldn’t have been starker. The Shiraz was effervescent, and awash with a complex mix of inky berry, violet, pepper, and oak flavors. Just a few months later, my husband and I were at a fantastic restaurant in Boston where our server vigorously recommended we try a dry Lambrusco they had just gotten in. We acquiesced, and I once again I was amazed by the complexity and brilliance of the wine. “Sparkling red wine is bound to become the next big thing here soon,” I thought to myself.

But, it didn’t take off. Pinot Noir, rosé, dry Riesling, and others exploded in turn, but sparkling red wine has continued in relative obscurity. I think the problem is that while there are wonderful, extremely enjoyable sparkling red wines out there, they can be hard to uncover, and the sparkling red wine selection at even a large, well-stocked liquor store is liable to be a minefield littered with horribly bad wine choices. I spent the last several weeks combing the state of Minnesota for sparkling red wines and so far, I’ve only found a few I actually wanted to drink. But, let’s have a look at the types of sparkling red you’re most likely to run into out there and try to figure out how to navigate. Lambrusco, which is probably the best-known style of sparkling red wine, is from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and is made from the Lambrusco grape. What most people don’t realize is that there is huge variation within the Lambrusco category: Lambrusco can range from cotton candy sweet to bone dry and tannic.

A Lambrusco that is secco will not be sweet in the least, while one labeled dolce or semisecco will be quite sweet or semi-sweet respectively (off-dry can also be called amabile). My friend Chuck, who runs a fantastic wine shop called Solo Vino in the Twin Cities told me another trick for discerning how sweet a Lambrusco: Look at the alcohol content. It’s not a guarantee, but it is a clue. As wine ferments, sugar is converted to alcohol. There’s a tradeoff there, so generally a wine with a lower alcohol content has more residual sugar and will be sweeter (around 6% will be very sweet), while a wine with a higher alcohol content (around 11%) will be drier and more tannic—sometimes so tannic that it will give you cotton mouth and you wouldn’t want to pair it with anything but the richest of meals. And in the middle (around 8%) is likely to be in the sweetness ballpark of a berry-forward Merlot. To make Lambrusco even more complicated, there are light styles, usually called Lambrusco di Sorbara.

You can also tell by looking at them that they are light because they will be pinker in comparison to the deep red of the richer style of Lambrusco known as Grasparossa. Lighter styles will have marked notes of strawberries, raspberries, and rhubarb; I like them on the drier side to keep the fruit from being cloying. On the other hand, I like the Grasparossa style to have just a touch of sweetness to keep it from being tannic (tasting a dry Grasparossa can be like taking a sip of black tea that has steeped for a half hour). My favorite that I tried recently was 8%—that is, amabile—from the Cleto Chiarli vineyard, which tasted intensely of raspberries, blackberry jam, dark stone fruit, and violets. Lambruscos that are dry or semi-dry can be fantastic pairings for rich food because both the bubbles and acidity cut through the richness. Pair it with creamy pasta, cheese and meat plates, or Thanksgiving dinner. Sparkling Shiraz is extraordinarily popular in Australia, at least according to my friend Karen, and is the pre-dinner drink of choice for many people.

Like Lambrusco, it can be dry or sweet or in between, but it is not necessarily labeled, so the alcohol content trick can come in handy here. Shiraz has higher alcohol content in general than many varietals, however, so expect them to be in the range of 12.5 to 14%. A nice sparkling Shiraz has all the varietal characteristics of a regular Shiraz—deep berry flavors mingling with pepper, anise, hints of herbs, and vanilla, combined with a creaminess and zest from the bubbles. Many of these wines are actually blends of Shiraz and other grape varietals. The problem with sparkling Shiraz is that much of what is available is cheap Shiraz, produced en masse and suffering from the same faults as any cheap, bad Shiraz: dull, vinegary, unbalanced fruit flavors, all made more punctuated by the presence of bubbles. If you want a sparkling Shiraz worth drinking, you’ll likely have to look in the $30 and up price range, and many liquor stores aren’t willing to carry pricey Australian wines because they don’t think anyone will buy them.

But, if you find one, buy it! And serve it slightly chilled as an aperitif or with barbecued meats or rich foods. This is the final style of sparkling red wine you’re likely to run into in a liquor store, and it brings us back to Italy. It is made in the Piedmont region from Brachetto grapes, and it is always sweet and quite low alcohol, usually around 5%. Brachetto d’Acqui is so sweet and candy-like, I consider it a dessert more than I consider it a wine. The aromas and flavors of Brachetto are reminiscent of strawberries combined with potpourri, and violet pastilles. Think a combination of a Moscato, a berry-rich rosé, and the aromatic lychee flavors of a Gewurztraminer. Because of its sweetness, a Brachetto, like a sweet Lambrusco, should be saved for the end of the meal. It could be a dessert on its own, or you could serve it with something like chocolate cake or cheesecake—or even use it to make an ice cream float. There are a variety of other styles of sparkling red wine floating about out there in the universe of available wine.