Albanian wine

Albanian wine (Albanian: Vera Shqiptare) is produced in several regions throughout Albania within the Mediterranean Basin. The country has one of the oldest wine making traditions, dating back at least 3000 years ago to the Bronze Age Illyrians, with wine/grapes tradition in the Albanian language preserved since the earliest Proto-Indo-European period (Proto-Indo-Anatolian). The Albanian wine belongs chronologically to the old world of wine producing countries.

Albania is a mountainous Mediterranean country with the Mediterranean Sea to the west. The country experiences a distinctly Mediterranean climate, which means that the winters are mild and summers usually hot and dry. The favourable climate and fertile soil of the mountainous areas of the country are well suited to viticulture.

Albania produced an estimated 17,500 tonnes of wine in 2009. In the last decade, production of wine grew exponentially, reaching in 2019 23,470 tons.

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