Overview
- This final assessment from the Deutsches Weininstitut puts the crop at about 7.3 million hectoliters, below an earlier 8.2 million estimate by the Federal Statistical Office.
- The total is roughly 7% under 2024 and about 16% beneath the ten-year average of 8.7 million hectoliters.
- Losses are concentrated in the largest regions, with Rheinhessen down 23% versus its decade average, the Pfalz −18%, Baden −15%, and Württemberg −22%, with further double‑digit declines in Nahe, Rheingau, and Hessische Bergstraße.
- DWI cites smaller grape berries, below‑average must yields, and intensive sorting after the September rains as key reasons for the shortfall, while rating overall wine quality across all 13 regions as very good.
- Recoveries were noted where 2024 frosts had hit hardest, including Saale‑Unstrut, the Ahr, and parts of Saxony, where Elbland growers report volumes roughly matching 2023, and industry analysis cautions that tighter supply has not yet translated into higher must or young‑wine prices.