The motivation to assemble these historical data was to learn more about
wine’s globalization. Some of the world's leading wine economists and
historians have contributed to and drawn on this database to examine
national wine market developments before, during and in between the 19th
century and current waves of globalization. Their initial analyses
cover all key wine-producing and wine-consuming countries using a common
methodology to explain long-term trends and cycles in national wine
production, consumption, and trade. More information about the database, the data sources and the methodology can be found on the Annual Database of Global Wine Markets web page.