Warm Weather Affects German Ice Wine Production

Due to a warm winter, only one ice wine was produced in Germany during the 2019 season, according to the German Wine Institute. The Zimmerle winery from Remstal in Wurttemburg harvested Riesling ice wine grapes, but the harvest was less than 100 liters.

"Beyond that, we are not aware of any other winemaker from one of the 13 German wine regions, who managed to produce ice wine in this mild winter because the required minimum temperature of minus seven degrees Celsius was not reached," explained Ernst Büscher from the German Wine Institute.

She continued, “If the warm winters accumulate in the next few years, ice wines from the German wine regions will soon become even more of a precious rarity than they already are.”

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