[Anyone] Low

[Mike in Taos]

Italy's 2007 wine production is expected to be one of the lowest in 50 
years, totalling some 43.2 million hectolitres, 13 percent down on last 
year, experts said Saturday.

The Association of Italian Oenologists (Assoenologi) said exceptionally warm 
weather last winter as well as in April, July and August had ripened the 
grapes up to three weeks earlier than usual, especially in the south.

The weather was wetter in the north, and Assoenologi predicted that quality 
would be mixed, while wholesale prices would rise by between five and 20 
percent.

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