Overview
- The 2025 harvest totaled 7.3 million hectoliters, 16% below the ten-year average and the smallest since 2010.
- Bulk wine is selling for €0.40–€0.60 per liter against production costs of about €1.20.
- German wine’s domestic share has slid to 41%, with supermarkets controlling 64% of sales and exerting heavy price pressure.
- Exports are further constrained by U.S. tariffs on what the sector calls its most important overseas market.
- Farmers’ president Joachim Rukwied warns vineyard area could be lost as labor shortages and higher minimum wages squeeze producers in labor-intensive steep sites, and he urges consumers to buy more German wine.