Fra Noi Embrace Your Inner Italian
Two Italian wine cooperatives are the best in the world, according to an article in WineNews. They are “Cantina Terlano, a jewel of South Tyrol and among the first wineries to recognize the aging potential of great white wines, and Cavit, the Trentino giant which, with 5,250 winegrowers, manages more than 6,000 hectares of vineyards, representing 60% of the region’s total vineyard area,” according to the news site, which cited the 2026 competition organized by the German magazine Weinwirtschaft.
In the global ranking among the top 20 cooperatives, the French cooperative Plaimont follows Cantina Terlano and Cavit on the podium, taking third place. However, Italy’s wine producers continue to struggle in export markets, with sales down again in the first four months of the year, according to an article in Yahoo Finance.
The trade association Unione Italiana Vini said sales fell 6.8% year over year to $2.66 billion through April, following a year of declining sales. In 2025, export sales fell 3.7% to a total $7.7 billion for the year. In June, UIV, Italy’s main trade body for wine producers, approved a new package of measures to lower production.
