Probably a little less grapes, but a lot of quality: The German winemakers start with the main harvest. Also in the flood areas in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The wine-growing companies in Germany expect slightly lower harvest yields and high quality with fruity aromas this year.
“With mostly good fruit sets, we expect a nationwide slightly below average amount due to fungus infestation due to the often high humidity and weather-related damage in some areas,” said Ernst Büscher from the German Wine Institute on Tuesday at the start of the main harvest in Germany’s largest wine-growing region, Rheinhessen. There are large regional differences in the 13 growing areas. An average of 8.9 million hectoliters of wine have been produced in Germany over the past ten years.
“We are happy that we are starting,” said the winemaker Christian Braunewell from Essenheim (Mainz-Bingen district) at the start of the harvest of Pinot Noir grapes for sparkling wine. The maturity is a little back compared to the previous hot years, but that is not a problem. “This year there will be a little crunchier Riesling wine again,” said Braunewell. Concise acidity can, however, combine with dense and intense aromas.
Two months after the flood disaster, the first early Burgundy grapes were harvested in the Ahr wine-growing region on Tuesday. In growing areas such as the Moselle, Rheingau or Saxony, the main harvest will not begin until the next few days and weeks, with the winemakers hoping for a sunny late summer.
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