Tuesday, 21 October, 2025
The Drinks Business, Sophie Arundel
Germany’s wine producers are expecting a stronger harvest in 2025, with total wine must output projected at 8.2 million hectolitres, up 5% on the previous year’s 7.8 million hectolitres, according to figures released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
The increase follows a poor 2024 harvest, when late frosts and heavy rainfall saw volumes fall 12% below the six-year average. While this year’s weather has been more favourable, the 2025 total still sits 3% below the recent six-year average of 8.5 million hectolitres (2019-2024).
More than half of this year’s expected total will come from Germany’s largest winegrowing regions – Rheinhessen (2.2m hl) and Pfalz (2.0m hl) – with Baden (1.2m hl) and Württemberg (911,000 hl) accounting for a further quarter.
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