Procedure descriptions

Paying the levy for the German Wine Fund

The German Wine Fund (AdöR) is an organisation of the German wine industry.
It promotes the quality and sales of wine through joint, non-competitive marketing measures at home and abroad.
It collects the wine levy for this purpose.

Responsible authority

  • Area levy:
    • the State Teaching and Research Centre for Viticulture and Fruit Growing in Weinsberg (LVWO)
    • the State Viticulture Institute in Freiburg (WBI)
  • Trade levy:
    • German Wine Fund
Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg, Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt für Weinbau und Weinbehandlung (WBI)

Hausanschrift

Merzhauserstraße 119
79100 Freiburg
To the electronic timetable information

Contact

Telefon (07 61) 4 01 65-0
Fax (07 61) 4 01 65-70
E-Mail poststelle@wbi.bwl.de
De-Mail (Bitte Hinweis in der Beschreibung beachten) poststelle@mlr.bwl.de-mail.de

Details

Prerequisite

You are:

  • The owner or authorised user of areas marked as planted in the vineyard register that cover more than ten ares, or
  • Trader (trade levy)

Procedure

You will receive an annual notification of the amount of the levy for the German Wine Fund from the office responsible for your area in mid-April. You must pay the levy into the account specified in the notification.

It is calculated using the available data from the vineyard register in Baden-Württemberg.

Deadlines

  • for reporting to the vineyard register for vineyards with more than one hectare: once a year.
    You must submit the report by 10 June after 31 May. Changes that affect the following autumn but have taken place after the submission deadline must be reported immediately.
  • for payment of the wine fund levy: annually by 15 May

Required documents

none

Costs

They amount to EUR 0.67 per acre of planted vineyard area that was cultivated or owned in the autumn of the previous year (if this comprises more than ten ares).

Processing time

none

Miscellaneous

Attention: If you pay late, you will have to pay late payment penalties and interest on arrears.

Tip: You can make the payment easier by issuing a direct debit authorisation.

Legal basis

Weingesetz (WeinG 1994):

  • § 43 Abgabe für den Deutschen Weinfonds

Verordnung des Ministeriums Ländlicher Raum zur Durchführung weinrechtlicher Vorschriften (Weinrechts-DVO BW):

  • § 27 Erhebung der Abgabe für den Deutschen Weinfonds

Release note

Machine generated, based on the German release by: Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz Baden-Württemberg, 11.11.2025