A snapshot of Germany's VDP wines

Total sales in 2021 (in 0.75 fl.)

• Total VDP approx. 33 million bottles 
• Per winery approx. 168,368 bottles   

Vineyard area (1 ha = 2,47 acres) 

Total VDP approx. 5.621 ha (approx. 5.5% of the German vineyard area)  per winery approx. 28 ha

Staff structure in the VDP 

• 10 employees, 3 temporary workers
• 2 of 3 wineries train apprentices (2 apprentices) 
• On average, a winery employs about 14 seasonal workers (manual labour) 
• Turnover volume in 2021 
• Total VDP approx. 444 million euros 
• Per winery approx. 2.24 million euros   
• Yield in 2021
• 50 hl/ha (2017 vintage) 
• 71 hl/ha (2018 vintage) 
• 52 hl/ha (2019 vintage) 
• 55 hl/ha (2020 vintage) 
• 53 hl/ha (vintage 2021)   

Bottle prices in 2021

• (0.75l) (Average price for a bottle of German wine: 3.69 € per litre)
• VDP.GUTSWEIN 10,00 € (60%) 
• VDP.ORTSWEIN 13,50 € (18%) 
• VDP.ERSTE LAGE 19,50 € (13%)
• VDP.GROSSE LAGE 36,00 € (8%)    
• Sales
• Domestic 79% (2020: 83%) 
• Export 21% (2020: 17%) 
• Export trends TOP 3  Scandinavia (Nr. 1 Denmark) USA China  
• Organic viticulture
• 35% of the VDP vineyards are cultivated organically
• Slightly more than one third of the VDP wineries are already working organically, with a strong upward trend (many are in the three-year conversion phase).
• One fifth of the German organic winegrowing area is managed by the VDP.
• 15 VDP wineries work biodynamically (7.6% of the VDP vineyard area, 427.5 ha in total).  

Sustainable viticulture 

• 36 wineries are sustainably managed and certified (= 1,702 ha)  
• 30 % of the VDP vineyard area is sustainably certified  
• At the 2021 general meeting, all VDP members decided to be sustainably certified by 2025

Source: VDP.Prädikatsweingüter