Press release No. 359 of 15 September 2020
WIESBADEN – Winegrowers in Germany expect yields in 2020 to increase by 6.4% on the previous year. Based on first estimates, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that a quantity of 8.86 million hectolitres of wine is expected in 2020. Amounting to 8.32 million hectolitres, yields had been below average in 2019. Compared with the average of the period 2014 to 2019 (8.90 million hectolitres), the quantity harvested in 2020 is expected to be 0.4% lower.
