Germany Sees Bumper 2025 Harvest As Earlier Climate Forecasts Of A ...

Germany Sees Bumper 2025 Harvest As Earlier Climate Forecasts Of A ...

The media warned that a “hellish summer” would be in the works with severe drought. But the doom and gloom never materialized. In July the weather became significantly wetter than the previous months. Fruit trees benefited from the weather, which is now leading to a bountiful harvest in the fall, reports the DWD.

Warmer climate boosts north German vineyards; Bumper harvest falls flat for Italy's Asti vineyards

Werder, Germany (AFP) Sept 21, 2025 The morning sun shines on lush vines as harvesters pick grapes. The hillside vineyard looks like it could be in Italy but lies near Berlin, where climate change has transformed winemaking. The 75-year-old owner, Manfred Lindicke, said that rising global temperatures over the decades had helped his grapes sweeten and ripen earlier. "When I started here in 1996, we used to harvest around O