Southern Europe
In southern Europe, cooperatives are responsible for a large part of the wine production. Figures of around 60 per cent have been quoted for Italy’s cantina sociale and cooperatives in Spain and Portugal. However, in difference from France and Germany, a high proportion of the cooperatives’ wine are not bottled by themselves, but sold in bulk for bottling by commercial operators or, especially in the case of Spain, for distillation.
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