Italy

Italian wine is produced in every region of Italy, home to some of the oldest winemaking regions in the world. Italy is the world's largest wine producer, with 702,000 hectares (1,730,000 acres) of vineyards and an annual average of 48.3 million hectoliters of wine from 2013 to 2017. In 2018, Italy accounted for 19% of global production, ahead of France (17%) and Spain (15%). Italian wine is both exported worldwide and popular domestically among Italians, who consume an average of 42 liters per capita, ranking fifth in global wine consumption.

Etruscans and Greek colonists produced wine in Italy before the Romans planted their own vineyards in the 2nd century AD. The Romans greatly increased Italy's vineyard area using efficient viticulture and winemaking methods and pioneered large-scale production and preservation techniques such as barrel making and bottling.