"I have really never experienced anything like this before".

Peter Mertes Managing Director Michael Willkomm on rising prices, too little wine and lack of raw materials

13 April, 2022

of Raffaella Usai

Michael Willkomm is the managing director of , Germany's largest winery. Every day it fills one million litres, which are sold by food retailers (LEH) and at discounters. In an interview with Raffaella Usai, Willkomm reports on the biggest crisis in the wine business for decades.

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"I have really never experienced anything like this before".

Peter Mertes Managing Director Michael Willkomm on rising prices, too little wine and lack of raw materials

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"I have really never experienced anything like this before".

Peter Mertes Managing Director Michael Willkomm on rising prices, too little wine and lack of raw materials

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