Hungary: Wine consumption has increased, although restaurants have closed

There has been a significant increase in wine consumption in Germany recently. For the wine season, which had already ended and ended by the end of July 2020, the balance showed an average consumption of 20.7 liters per inhabitant. According to the 2019 data of the Central Statistical Office in Hungary, the average wine consumption per capita was 5.3 liters. This is 0.6 liters per capita more than in the same period a year earlier, according to the German Wine Institute (DWI). At the same time, the consumption of sparkling wine decreased by an average of 0.1 liters per person to 3.2 liters. The survey, compiled by the German Viticulture Association, covers the entire wine market - from restaurant consumption to retail and direct sales by winemakers. In the period 2019/20, a total of about 17.2 million hectoliters of wine and 2.6 million hectoliters of sparkling wine were consumed in Germany and abroad. “It is extremely important that wine consumption has increased in the last wine ...