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VOLUME : 1.6 million metric tons

Australia is faring about as well as anyone else this year . While no official numbers or forecasts have been released yet , the country ’ s wine industry warned early on that it is expecting a “ challenging 2014 crop ” due to extreme weather conditions during the most recent growing season , and that its 2014 production will likely fall below last year ’ s 1.6 million ton volume .

Hunter Valley vineyards , NSW , Australia

44 October 2014