In 2025, 53 percent of all tested quality and predicate wines in Germany were produced dry. This was one percentage point more than the previous year, reported the German Wine Institute (DWI). Long-term, the increase is significant: in 2020, the share of dry wines was 48 percent, in 2010 it was 40 percent. Additionally, German sparkling wines are increasingly being offered with less residual sweetness: 54 percent of the quality-tested sparkling wines belonged to the categories brut nature to brut in 2025. Five years earlier, their share was 50 percent.
The supply of sweet and semi-sweet wines continues to decline. Their share fell by another percentage point compared to the previous year and was eight percentage points below the value of 2010. The amount of semi-dry wines remained unchanged at a share of 19 percent compared to 2024.
The shift in favor of white and rosé wines continues in terms of wine colors. In 2025, white wine accounted for 70 percent of the tested quality and predicate wines, making it the largest share. Red wine accounted for 17 percent, and rosé wine 13 percent. In 2010, red wine still had a share of 33 percent. In total, around 6.2 million hectoliters of wine passed the quality wine test in 2025. This was seven percent less than the previous year. The DWI cites, among other reasons, the small harvest of 2024.
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