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In Belgium, more than four million liters of wine were produced for the first time in 2025. According to the Belgian Ministry of Economy, it was 43,000 hectoliters - about a quarter more than in the previous record year 2023 and significantly more than in the climatically challenging vintage 2024. At that time, only 12,000 hectoliters could be vinified. The vineyard area increased by 8.5 percent from 958 to 1,040 hectares. The number of businesses also grew by 30 to now around 350. This includes professional wineries as well as ambitious hobby winemakers.
White sparkling wine leads with 21,000 hectoliters, followed by around 15,000 hectoliters of white still wine. Red wine accounted for 4,410 hectoliters. In total, almost a third of the wines were produced from Chardonnay. For the first time in 2025, Orange Wine was also listed as a separate category with 100 hectoliters.
In the Flanders region, the wineries produced 18,300 hectoliters of wine on 551 hectares of vineyard area. Wallonia produced significantly more with 24,400 hectoliters despite the smaller vineyard area of 490 hectares. According to the Ministry of Economy, this is due to the orientation of production: Wallonia focuses heavily on sparkling wine, for which the vines are planted more densely and higher yields per hectare are achieved. As many of the young vines are now coming into full yield, production is expected to continue to rise in the coming years.
(al; Image: Jean-Pol Grandmont; AI)
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