Organic vine growing or The vineyards in France
Organic vine growing
Here are the last figures of the distribution of the vine growing in France for 1999 (source : National Observatory of Organic
Agriculture).
The figures are given with administrative region and not by naming. Figures show clearly a very strong increase with regard to 1998
with about 50% of the surfaces which are in conversion.
| Régions | Number of wine growers | Surfaces | Evolution 98/99 |
| Alsace | 31 | 267 | + 128% |
| Aquitaine | 148 | 1607 | + 2% |
| Auvergne | 7 | 12 | + 5% |
| Bourgogne | 37 | 298 | + 30% |
| Centre | 42 | 389 | + 21% |
| Champagne-Ardennes | 13 | 53 | + 24% |
| Corse | 5 | 107 | + 22% |
| Franche-Comté | 14 | 98 | + 230% |
| Languedoc-Roussillon | 190 | 2759 | + 30% |
| Midi-Pyrénées | 68 | 186 | + 90% |
| Pays de Loire | 52 | 616 | + 55% |
| Poitou-Charentes | 67 | 549 | + 81% |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 179 | 2614 | + 51% |
| Rhône-Alpes | 88 | 647 | + 40% |
| TOTAL | 948 | 10213 | + 35% |
Notices : some regions are not represented because the vine growing in these regions is weekly represented or non-existent.
On 10213 hectares, 4817 are in conversion in organic agriculture.
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