German wine production dropped to 7.75 million hectolitres in 2024, affected by extreme weather and fungal diseases.

Levin McKenzie came out on top in the vote on Saturday evening to become the wine king of Rheinhessen, a landscape of gentle rolling hills west of Frankfurt on the banks of the Rhine river.

Destatis reported that the largest wine-growing regions, Rheinhessen and Palatinate, produced almost half of the wine volume. Rheinhessen made 2.4m hectolitres and Palatinate produced 1.8m ...

Riesling is believed to have originated in Germany, which remains the leading producer of these wines worldwide, making a range of styles from bone-dry to sweet and everything in between. On the other ...