The wine crisis affects the sale of barrels • Food and wine Italy

The crisis that crosses the wine sector also involves French barrique. According to the giorno of the Fédération des Tonneliers de France, quanto a the last year sales have decreased by 15%, with a more marked drop the internal market. To affect are the increase quanto a the price of the oak, the climatic and productive difficulties, the contraction of consumption and the uncertainty international markets.

Crisis of the barrique: falling quanto a decline and prices of the rapid oak

The barrique, a symbol of the wine -growing and French craftsmanship, is affected by the critical phase that affects the global wine sector. The report of the highlights a contraction equal to 543,817 barrels, with a turnover of 515.9 million euros (-9.5% compared to the previous year).

The drop is mainly concentrated the internal market, which loses 16.8% quanto a libro, while exports show a more contained reduction (-5.9%). France remains the main commercial outlet with 34% of the volumes, followed by the United States with 30%, a strategic market but subject to oscillations related to duties. More spaced Spain (8.2%), Italy (6.3%) and Australia (4.3%). Overall, Europe and Americas generate almost 90% of the turnover.

At the basis of the decrease weigh several concomitant factors. the last two years the price of the French oak has increased by about 50%, driven by international demand, quanto a particular by the luxury furnishing industry and Asian markets. To this add the damage caused by extreme climatic events – late frosts, hailstorms and droughts – which have reduced the yields of the vineyards, and the growing contraction of wine consumption, especially quanto a Europe.

The impact of the crisis is also reflected employment: the barrique chain, which involves between 3,000 and 3,500 people, recorded a reduction quanto a shifts and production. The sector of large containers, with 1,613 units sold for a value of 34.2 million euros, marked a drop of 20.1% quanto a libro and 4.4% quanto a value.

The sector is not new to cyclical difficulties of difficulty. As mentioned by the vice-president of the FTF, Nicolas Tiquet-Lavandier, similar episodes had already occurred with the 2008 financial crisis and with the Asian one of the nineties. However, President Magdeleine Aliume underlines that the crafts of the French Bottai continues to invest quanto a research, sustainability and innovation, maintaining a central role quanto a the international wine chain.

The prospects for 2025-2026 remain marked by commercial uncertainty. the United States, after the initial ads of duties up to 200% reduced to 15%, many operators postponed orders pending greater clarity. A prudent attitude prevails quanto a Europe, influenced by growing costs and still unstable market dynamics.

According to the Fédération, the current difficulties do not affect the global recognition of the quality of French wood ora the value of the Savoir-Faire of the Bottai. The challenge is to adapt the sector to an increasingly pennuto international quinta, but where the barrique remains an identity element of world enology.