More than 10 million bottels of wine will be produced for the first time this year

More than 10 million bottels of wine will be produced for the first time this year.

The official D.O. wine from Alicante is proving ever-popular. Export sales in the first quarter of this year were up 19% on the same period a year ago, at more than 755,000 litres, according to the President of the Controlling Council for the region, Francisco Amorós.

He said the improvement in sales came as a result of the excellent quality of Alicante wine and with the entry of new bogedas into the official domination area. This year he said the region would produce as many as 11 or 12 million bottles.

Most of the wine for export is sold in France, but there had also been increases in sales in Russia, Japan and Belgium and sales in countries as far-flung as Cameroon and Angola.