Morocco, the new star of wine?

The Moroccan wine industry has a bright future ahead of it. Morocco ranked as the second largest wine producer in Africa just behind South Africa.

With around 40 million bottles of wine per year, Morocco is the 36th largest wine producer in the world, reports the reason. According to data from the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), Morocco planted 42,216 hectares of vineyards in 2022, with an average wine consumption of modest 2.2 liters per capita. The kingdom imports the equivalent of half of its production while exporting only 1.45% of its production, making it Africa’s second largest wine producer behind South Africa. It has three times the surface area of ​​Moroccan vineyards, i.e. 124,000 hectares, and ranks eighth in the world.