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Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes or other fruits. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, water, or other nutrients. Yeast consumes the sugars in the grapes and converts them into alcohol.
Let's take a look at some of the biggest wine-producing countries.
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Italy
Annual production: 4,580,000 metric tonnes
Global rank: 1
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Christian Hartmann/Reuters
France
Annual production: 4,541,820 metric tonnes
Global rank: 2
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Albert Gea/Reuters
Spain
Annual production: 3,610,000 metric tonnes
Global rank: 3
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
The United States
Annual production: 2,211,300 metric tonnes
Global rank: 4
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters
China
Annual production: 1,657,500 metric tonnes
Global rank: 5
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters
Argentina
Annual production: 1,625,080 metric tonnes
Global rank: 6
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Daniel Munoz/Reuters
Australia
Annual production: 1,133,860 metric tonnes
Global rank: 7
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
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South Africa
Annual production: 921,700 metric tonnes
Global rank: 8
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Victor Ruiz Caballero/Reuters
Chile
Annual production: 915,238 metric tonnes
Global rank: 9
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Germany
Annual production: 720,000 metric tonnes
Global rank: 10
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters
Romania
Annual production: 610,000 metric tonnes
Global rank: 11
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters
Portugal
Annual production: 587,200 metric tonnes
Global rank: 12
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Anton Golubev/Reuters
Russia
Annual production: 500,000 metric tonnes
Global rank: 13
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Bruno Domingos/Reuters
Brazil
Annual production: 362,200 metric tonnes
Global rank: 14
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Greece
Annual production: 303,000 metric tonnes
Global rank: 15
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Gleb Garanich/Reuters
Ukraine
Annual production: 238,500 metric tonnes
Global rank: 16
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Marko Djurica/Reuters
Serbia
Annual production: 238,233 metric tonnes
Global rank: 17
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters
New Zealand
Annual production: 189,800 metric tonnes
Global rank: 18
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
Austria
Annual production: 176,745 metric tonnes
Global rank: 19
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20 biggest wine-producing places in the world
Photographs: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
Hungary
Annual production: 175,526 metric tonnes
Global rank: 20
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