Germany
Summary
1 - The German sparkling wine production
2 - Several sparkling wine categories
3 - The Sekt
4 - The sparkling wine consumption
5 - The sparkling wine importations
6 - The sparkling wine exportations
7 - Business organizations in sparkling wine organizations
8 - Business opportunities for the viti-vinicole development
9 - More information about German wine market
1 - The German sparkling wine production
2nd producer of sparkling wines in the world, with a production volume of 525 million bottles, equal 7 million hl (2010) representing a decrease by 25%.
Winemaking techniques: Closed Tank Method, Traditional Method (from 1 to 1.5 % of "Winzesekt")
Producers: 1 229 companies/cooperative cellars
The German Major of sparkling wine business represent 75 % bottles sold: Rotkappchen Mumm, Henkell & Sohnlein and Schloss Wachenheim
More than 345 million of bottles were marketed in 2009 (that represented 2.5% of increase compared with 2007)
2 - Several sparkling wine categories
German sparkling wines classified in several categories including the minimum weight of the cuvee must :
- Schaumwein: sparkling wine
- Qualitätsschauwein or Sekt: quality sparkling wine
- Qualitätsschauwein bestimmter Anbaugebiete: a quality sparkling wine from a identified area
- Perlwein or "Secco": a sparkling wine
- Sekt production:
Sekt production = industrial production. It makes with the must and wines locally produced or imported, in fonction of the needs and the prices of the material.
- Area of Sekt production:
Mittelrhein: big centre of grape production for the sekt elaboration
Moselle-Sarre-Ruhr: the main grape varity: ebling. It produces dry,acid and nervous wines which represent a real opportunity for the Sekt industry.
4 - The sparkling wine consumption
1st market all around the world for sparkling wine consumption, more than 40 million of boxes (9 litres/box)
50 % of german population drink sparkling wines, in other words 32 million of people - Per category:
- German sparkling wines: 36 % of the opulation, in other words 23 million of people
- Prosecco: 16 %, in other words 10 million of people
- Asti Spumante: 11 %, in other words 7 million of people
- Spanish sparkling wines: 6 %, in other words 33.9 million of people.
- Champagne : 5 %, in other words 3.2 million of people
- French sparkling wines (without Champagne market): 4 % in other words 2.6 million of people.
Sparkling wine symbolize event, night, success, conviviality. The consummers associate quality sparkling wines with "sekt".
5 - Sparkling wine importations
1srt global importator of sparkling wines: more than 191 million of bottles
The main imported wine countries:
- France (without Champagne market): 10 million of bottles
- France including Champagne market (2010): 13.076 million of bottles
- Spain: 53 million of bottles
- Italy (Prosecco no included): 54 million of bottles
- Italy Prosecco: 62 million of bottles
6 - The sparkling wine exportations
They are limited but they have been increasing fastly (7.6 % of production)
7 - Business organizations in sparkling wine industry
Verband Deutscher Sektkellereien (Sekt business association Sekt)
German wine Insitute (Deutsches Weininstitut GmbH): coordination of Research, Quality Control and pomorition of german wines.
The Association of German wine producers (Deutschen Weinbauverband eV): defending the winemarkers interests.
Language for correspondence: german, english
8 - Business opportunities for the viti-vinicole development
The German sparkling wine market is the principal market all around the world. It represents nearly the half of the sparkling wine consumption in Europe and the quarter of its in the world.
9 - More information about the German wine market
- Wine production:
13 viticoles regions of which 6 main vineyards:
- Hesse Rhine: 25 000 hectares
- Palatinate: 22 000 hectares
- Mosel Saar Ruwer: 10 000 hectares
- Baden: 15 500 hectares
- Wurtenberg: 11 000 hectares
- Franconia: 6 000 hectares
- Wine importations:
1st importator of wines (14.46 million hl in 2009)
Suppliers:
Three countries represent 78.7 % in 2009:
- Italy: 5.2 million hl
- France: 2.6 million hl
- Spain: 1.4 million hl
And Australia represented 2.6% of importations in 2009.
- Wine exportations:
Customers: United-Kingdom, Netherlands
- Wine consumption:
20.3 million hl per year, equal 24.6 litres of wine/inhabitant (of which 3.9 litre of sparkling wines) in 2009
45 % of drunk wines are german.
Updating: february 2009/november 2011
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Sources: CIVC - Newsletter - First quarter of 2005.
Emailed newsletter from Vinimarket 20/2/04
Economic mission to Germany March 2006 / Technical document of CCI, champagne-related industries, October 2006.
- CIVC 2008
http://www.austrade.gov.au/Wine-to-... - nov/2011
