Hungary grape harvest 2025: yields low, prices up

Last year, Hungarian winemakers told the drinks business of a harvest that was “incredibly hard as it was shorter than ever”, with extreme heat and erratic rainfall requiring rapid and intense harvesting efforts.

And this year, the national grape harvest is likely to parallel the 2024 vintage in terms of low yield according to the National Council of the Wine Communities (HNT). In the Kunság wine region, grape yields are expected to drop by 20–30% compared to 2024, largely due to drought conditions, according to Hungary Today.

“This year’s harvest is proceeding steadily, though with about a week’s head start compared to long-term averages,” said János Frittmann, a winemaker from Soltvadkert and president of the HNT, in an interview with Világgazdaság. “But we are seeing up to one-third less fruit on the vines in some parts of the Great Hungarian Plain.”

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