Not only wine, but also craft beers on our tables, a trend that is constantly growing and which with the 2021 budget law finds recognition and support. In fact, the provision just approved by the Chambers sets up a fund of 10 million for the protection and revitalization of some supply chains, including the brewing one.
The production of beer in Italy in the last twenty years has steadily increased, going from the 12,2 million hectoliters produced in 1998 to 15,6 million hectoliters in 2017 (Assobirra, 2018), of which 2,7 million destined for export.
A positive trend, thanks also to the birth and progressive development of craft breweries. The boost to the development of the sector came mainly from young people, under 35
Parallel to the increase in production, there was, on the one hand, a decrease in beer imports (which amounted to around 2017 million hectoliters in 6,5), and, on the other, an overall increase in consumption equal to over 19 million hectoliters per year (per capita consumption reached, in 2017, the maximum value of 31,8 liters per year).
However, the raw materials used for the production of beer (hops, barley, other cereals) are largely imported from countries with a greater brewing tradition. And so here is the Fund provided for in the Budget law to support this sector, together with the beekeeping, hemp and nut supply chain.
But the primacy remains the prerogative of wine, which is never lacking on our tables. And so here is another Fund, also provided for in the Budget Law (another 10 million) for the private storage of certified DOC, DOCG and IGT wines or capable of becoming certified and held in facilities located throughout the country.
And again on the subject of the table, here is 3 million in the three-year period 2021-2023 for Initiatives aimed at enhancing food and wine traditions, Italian agri-food and industrial productions and the Mediterranean diet and contrasting the phenomenon of Italian sounding, i.e. the use (on labels and packaging) of denominations, geographical references, images, chromatic combinations and brands that evoke Italy and in particular, some of its most famous typical products (such as Parmesan or mozzarella) in practice a form of fake Made in Italy
