Emmanouil Kefalogiannis· PPE

Underestimated

The Greek vineyard covers approximately 600,000 stremmata (60,000 hectares).

Omissions

• The claim does not specify the year or data source. More recent data from OIV (2022) indicates approximately 96,000 hectares (960,000 stremmata), which is significantly higher than the claimed 60,000 hectares. The MEP may have been referring to a specific subset of vineyards (e.g., only wine grape varieties) rather than total vineyard area including table grapes and raisins.

Sources

• PrimaryInternational Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) - State of the World Vine and Wine Sector 2024Greece vineyard surface area: approximately 96,000 hectares (960,000 stremmata) in 2022
• PrimaryELSTAT - Hellenic Statistical Authority Vineyard InfographicOfficial Greek statistics on vineyard holdings and areas under vines with wine grapes and raisins
• SecondaryResearchGate - citing OIV 2023 dataAccording to OIV (2023) for year 2022, Greece had 95,922 hectares of vineyard surface area