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  • Industry news Global Riesling Masters: Four Gold Medals for Germany 01.03.2023

    One of the world's most important wine publications, UK based The Drinks Business, has recently announced the winners of its "Global Riesling Masters 2022" competition.

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  • Press releases Salut Paris: Wines of Germany at Vinexpo 22.02.2023

    Thousands of international visitors met at the Vinexpo 2023 from February 13th to 15th. The German Wine Institute (DWI) was on site together with 18 German wine producers at the joint stand of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL, hall 5/2).

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  • DWI Current New wine recommendations for German embassies 22.02.2023

    Germany's Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (AA) and the German Wine Institute (DWI) selected 19 wines and sparkling wines as a new range of recommendations for the 226 German consulates and embassies abroad in a blind tasting in Berlin. Dr Tobias Lindner, Minister of State, took part in the tasting along with 13 other high-ranking employees from various departments of the Federal Foreign Office.

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  • Industry news Wild growth in the vineyard 22.02.2023

    In German vineyards, it is becoming increasingly common to find vines that have not been pruned in winter and look unusually wild. According to the German Wine Institute (DWI), these are vineyards that are cultivated according to the so-called minimum pruning principle.

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  • Industry news Testimonies of the Flood Catastrophe in the "Museum of Modern Ahrts" 10.02.2023

    With the "museum of modern ahrts", an art object with a unique design was presented to the public on February 10th. The inauguration of the "museum in the smallest of spaces" took place in the historic St. Laurentius Church in Ahrweiler, where the traces of the flood can still be seen everywhere.

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  • Press releases Clink Different – EU marketing campaign sums up positively 10.02.2023

    The German Wine Institute (DWI) and the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) draw up a positive balance after four years of successful cooperation as a part of of the EU-funded marketing and communication campaign "Clink Different".

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  • Press releases Wine consumption in Germany is declining 08.02.2023

    In the 12-month period from August 1st, 2021 to July 31st, 2022, Germans drank around one bottle less wine per capita than in the same period the year before.

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  • DWI Current "The wine hedgehog" Johannes Karkosch pleads for wine identity 18.01.2023

    The German Wine Institute (DWI) interviews journalists, bloggers, sommeliers and influencers on the topic of "Germany as a wine country". Johannes Karkosch is not only "the wine hedgehog", but also a sommelier and webshop operator. Who created the likeable "wine hedgehog"? Which wines fascinate him at the moment? He reveals it here:
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  • DWI Current Outlook 2023: Wines of Germany Events and Topics 02.01.2023

    The German Wine Institute (DWI) continues to successfully execute communication concepts and events in 2023. The DWI team is going to pick up on current developments and trends relating to wines of Germany. 

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