Morocco Emerges as Africa’s Second-Largest Wine Producer

With around 40 million bottles of wine per year, Morocco is the 36th largest wine producer in the world, reports la Razón. According to data from the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), Morocco had 42,216 hectares of vineyards in 2022, with a modest average wine consumption of 2.2 liters per capita. The kingdom would import the equivalent of half of its production while exporting only 1.45% of its production, making it the second largest wine producer in Africa behind South Africa. The latter has three times the area of the Moroccan vineyard, or 124,000 hectares, and ranks eighth in the world.

Morocco is a country with natural assets for wine production. "The sun, the influence of the Atlantic wind and its mountains give Morocco the conditions to produce quality wines," says the Spanish daily, before highlighting the rich wine heritage of the kingdom, dating back to the Phoenician and Roman eras. Morocco produces red, white, rosé and gray wines, comparable in quality to those produced in the French regions of Languedoc and Provence. Château Roslan, Tandem and Carat are among the 10 best Moroccan red wines, whose prices range from 195 dirhams to 420 dirhams (19.5 to 42 euros).

Currently, the Celliers de Meknès dominate the market, producing 85% of Moroccan wine on 2,000 hectares in Guerrouane and Beni M’tir. Their Château Roslane premier cru, available in red and white, received the country’s first "Château" qualification in 2008.