date:Mar 24, 2014
Nearly half of all bottles of wine purchased in Germany comes from a discount supermarket such as Lidl and Aldi, according to the German Wine Institute (DWI).
Discount supermarkets now account for 48 of all wine sales in the domestic wine market, said Ernst Bscher of the DWI.
Aldi is the biggest seller of wine in Germany, said Bscher.
The average price of wine has risen by 12 cents to 2.84 per litre, he explained.
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