date:Sep 09, 2014
try, according to Assoenologi. Parts of mainland Italy and Sardinia got twice to four times normal rain in July, it said. The wet conditions were optimal for development of fungal disease such as mildew and botrytis, forcing growers to make a grape selection in the vineyard, Assoenologi said. The grape crop was about 10 per cent harvested as of 5 September, the association wrote. Production in Veneto, Italys biggest wine-growing region and known for its Valpolicella reds, is forecast to decline