When it is used for sweet wines, yields can be as low as 15 hectoliters per hectare. |
In 2006, the four partner companies produced around 6.37 million hectoliters of beer. |
This compares to 359 million hectoliters for beer and 140 million hectoliters for wine. |
The laws are specific: a winemaker is allowed to make a certain number of hectoliters of wine from a hectare of vines. |
With more then 8 million hectoliters of wine, representing 1 billion bottles, Asia is the motor of the growth of this world market. |
The yield is only 6 hectoliters per hectare and in some years, if the quality is not deemed sufficient, the bottles are not sold under this label. |