Organic wine in France - a snapshot
- The French organic wine industry is now worth more than a billion euros and as much as 1.5 billion euros including exports.
- Nearly half (48%) of French consumers want to find more organic wines in their usual places of purchases, according to Agence Bio.
- Supermarkets and hypermarkets is where organic wine sales recorded the biggest growth, up by 23% last year to nearly 200m euros.
- The increase now places them on a par with wine merchants (202 million euros) and specialist stores (218 million euros).
- 12% of French vineyards are organic, with the Languedoc leading the charge.
- Current demand is outstripping production with 94,000 ha of vines, or 12% of French vineyard area, are now farmed organically (certified + conversion), and to meet demand, switch-overs are increasing, up by 63% in 2018.
- In Occitania, there were 2,138 organic wine firms in 2018, an increase of 18.6% in one year. (France Vin Bio)
- In New Aquitaine, the number of organic firms reached 1,085 (+13%/2017) and areas converting to organic increased by 62%.
- In the Loire and Centre-Loire Valley, the number of firms totalled around 500 (+13%) and areas being converted to organic have risen by 50%.