China has become the second-largest wine-growing area in the world after Spain, pushing France into third place.
The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (IOVW) said China now had 799,000 hectares (1.97 million acres) of land devoted to wine growing,
That compared with 1.02 million hectares for the biggest wine-growing area of Spain.
But France remained the biggest producer of wine, producing 46.7 million hectolitres (mhl).
France also made the most from selling wine abroad, raking in more than €7.7bn.
The United States remains the biggest consumer of wine as at 30.7mhl - 13% of all global wine produced last year - followed by France and Italy.
Global wine consumption overall fell in 2014 by 2.4mhl to 240mhl.
China has rapidly emerged as a major player in viniculture, accounting for 11% of the territory given over to vineyards last year, up from 4% in 2000.
The biggest importers of wine were Germany, the UK and the US with total global trade valued at €26bn, the IOVW added.
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