The reality amidst the grape harvest shows a smaller production of grapes compared to last year's levels.

And while the grape harvest has started in most areas of the country (with the exception of the red varieties in Northern Greece), the picture within the vineyards is different from the initial estimates that predicted a return to normalcy, even to the "good" percentage yields of the past two years. According to information from the Union of Cooperatives of Winegrowers (KEOSOE) from winegrowers and cooperatives whose members are already harvesting, the yields of the vineyards in the actual field are recorded lower than the estimates they had made and in many areas of the country grape quantities are being harvested that are smaller than last year, whose production had amounted to 1,645,200 hl compared to 1,430,600 hl of wine in 2024. Awaiting the release of the reserves on July 31 (for which there is doubt ...