According to the farmers’ association, German wine growing is in great difficulty. “While the 2025 harvest is considered to be exceptionally good in terms of quality, the industry is in a historic economic crisis,” the dpa news agency quoted from a market report by the German Farmers’ Association.
The economic situation is “dramatic,” it says. Barrel wine prices of 40 to 60 cents per liter would have been far below the production costs of around 1.20 euros.
Association president Joachim Rukwied was quoted as saying that viticulture is in the biggest crisis in decades: “Due to the poor market situation, we assume that we will lose a significant amount of vineyard area.”
According to the farmers’ association, the domestic market share of German wine has fallen to 41 percent. In addition, exports have decreased due to tariffs from the USA, the most important sales market for German wine.
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