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Awards for DWI Managing Director Monika Reule and the German Wine Institute

17.03.25

Monika Reule, Managing Director of the German Wine Institute (DWI), was honoured as „Wine Personality of the Year“ at the international wine trade fair ProWein .

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Weinfeder e.V. honours DWI Managing Director Monika Reule as "Wine Personality of the Year 2025". This year's Wine Critics' Award goes to the DWI. (from left to right: Werner Eckert - former SWR editor, Wolfgang Junglas - Weinfeder e.V., Frank Schulz - Head of Communications DWI; Monika Reule - Managing Director DWI; Holger Wienpahl - SWR)
Weinfeder e.V. honours DWI Managing Director Monika Reule as "Wine Personality of the Year 2025". This year's Wine Critics' Award goes to the DWI. (from left to right: Werner Eckert - former SWR editor, Wolfgang Junglas - Weinfeder e.V., Frank Schulz - Head of Communications DWI; Monika Reule - Managing Director DWI; Holger Wienpahl - SWR)

The award was presented by the association of German-speaking wine publicists, Weinfeder e.V. „Since 2007, Monika Reule is the managing director of the marketing organisation for German wine. With her competent, objective manner, she has brought a new quality to community advertising“, Weinfeder e.V. explained the decision in favour of this year's award winner, who was honoured with a certificate and a „Wine Oscar“. SWR presenter Holger Wienpahl honoured Reule as „one of the most influential wine women in Germany“. This is the ninth time that Weinfeder e.V. has awarded the „Wine Personality of the Year“ prize to an outstanding personality on the wine scene.

„German Wine Critics' Award“ goes to the DWI

The Association of German-speaking Wine Journalists has been honouring companies with the „German Wine Critics' Award“ since 2005. This year, the prize was awarded to the German Wine Institute. In his laudatory speech, long-time SWR editor Werner Eckert emphasised in particular that the DWI sets standards in wine communication. As a joint organisation of the wine industry, the DWI has been coordinating the promotion of German wine on the domestic market and internationally for 75 years.

  • Monika Reule, DWI Managing Director, is honored with the award “Wine Personality of the Year 2025”. (from left to right: Wolfgang Junglas - Weinfeder e.V.; Monika Reule - Managing Director DWI; Holger Wienpahl - SWR presenter)
    Monika Reule, DWI Managing Director, is honored with the award “Wine Personality of the Year 2025”. (from left to right: Wolfgang Junglas - Weinfeder e.V.; Monika Reule - Managing Director DWI; Holger Wienpahl - SWR presenter)
  • Der von Weinfeder e.V. verliehene „Preis der Deutschen Weinkritik“ geht in in diesem Jahr an das Deutsche Weininstitut. (v.r.n.l. Wolfgang Junglas, Weinfeder e.V., Frank Schulz - Leiter Kommunikation DWI, Werner Eckert - Weinredakteur a.D. SWR)
    Der von Weinfeder e.V. verliehene „Preis der Deutschen Weinkritik“ geht in in diesem Jahr an das Deutsche Weininstitut. (v.r.n.l. Wolfgang Junglas, Weinfeder e.V., Frank Schulz - Leiter Kommunikation DWI, Werner Eckert - Weinredakteur a.D. SWR)
  • Der langjährige SWR-Redakteur Werner Eckert hält die Laudatio für die Vergabe des diesjährigen "Preises der Weinkritik" an das DWI.
    Der langjährige SWR-Redakteur Werner Eckert hält die Laudatio für die Vergabe des diesjährigen "Preises der Weinkritik" an das DWI.
  • Wolfgang Junglas (Weinfeder e.V.) im Gespräch mit Monika Reule - Geschäftsführerin des DWI.
    Wolfgang Junglas (Weinfeder e.V.) im Gespräch mit Monika Reule - Geschäftsführerin des DWI.
  • In his speech, Holger Wienpahl (SWR) praised DWI Managing Director Monika Reule as “one of the most influential wine women in Germany”.
    In his speech, Holger Wienpahl (SWR) praised DWI Managing Director Monika Reule as “one of the most influential wine women in Germany”.

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