The French farm ministry on Friday raised its projection for this year’s wine output to 36.2 million hectolitres, up from the 36.0 million hectolitres forecast last month and now at the same level as last year’s rain-hit harvest.
The revised forecast, based on the latest harvest results, was still 16% below the five-year average.
A hectolitre is the equivalent of 100 litres, or 133 standard wine bottles.
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