Typical Yields
Yields vary greatly between countries, regions and individual vineyards, and can be vintage-dependent. Somewhere around 50 hectoliter per hectare, or 3 tons per acre, is a typical representative figure for many countries and regions.
| Yields in selected wine-producing countries in 2007 as national averages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Yield (hl/ha) | Vineyard area (1,000 ha) | Wine production (million hl) |
| Italy | 55 | 840 | 45.9 |
| France | 52 | 867 | 45.4 |
| Spain | 30 | 1169 | 34.7 |
| United States | 49 | 409 | 20 |
| Argentina | 65 | 230 | 15 |
| Germany | 103 | 102 | 10.5 |
| South Africa | 73 | 135 | 9.8 |
| Australia | 55 | 174 | 9.6 |
| Portugal | 73 | 248 | 5.8 |
| Austria | 52 | 50 | 2.6 |
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