date:Mar 24, 2014
eir image by stocking a good selection of wine, added Monika Reule, manager at DWI.
The shift to the discounters has meant falling sales for specialist wine shops and vintners selling directly to the public.
Domestic wine sales fell in 2013, dropping 2% to around 14.5 million hectolitres.
Meanwhile, German wine exports rose by 1% last year to 1.3 million hectolitre.
A quarter of the 2013 wine exported was destined for the US.