Argentina’s Ministry of Agribusiness has indicated that the production of Malbec in Argentina now reaches 40,401 hectares, and its production in 2017 was 300 million litres. Last month, in a statement, the president of the National Institute of Viticulture (INV) Carlos Tizio stressed the “need to protect and maintain the diversity of genetics” of the Malbec grape, a strain that was introduced to Argentina in 1853 and revolutionized the wine industry in the country. According to WTEx, Argentina’s wine exports amounted to US$806.9m in 2017.
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