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Premiere: 100 points and Top100 listings
03.12.2024
The year 2024 ends with the certainty that international wine critics see wines from Germany at the forefront. For example, a German sparkling wine was awarded the extremely rare mark of 100 points. In competition with the entire wine world, many further 'Wines of Germany' achieved top rankings – not only Rieslings but also Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir).
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Award for DWI information platform
28.11.2024
The homepage of the German Wine Institute (DWI) received the Typo3 Award 2024 in the category „Sports&Culture“ on November 28th. The deutscheweine.de and winesofgermany.com websites and the DWI database had been restructured in terms of technology and content at the end of 2023.
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"Riesling Fellowship" awarded in China for the first time
18.11.2024
Shenghan Wang and Yang Lu were honoured with the "Riesling Fellowship" on 12 November in recognition of their outstanding commitment to promoting the appreciation of German Riesling on the Chinese market.
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"Wine Region Promotion Award" for Wines of Germany China
30.10.2024
DWI's foreign agency Wines of Germany China was honoured by Wine Magazine with the „Wine Region Promotion Award“ for its marketing activities relating to wines of German origin at the 16th Golden Bottle Awards on 28 October in Guangzhou China.
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German wineries at the Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair 2024
11.10.2024
The German wine industry is gearing up for a strong show at the upcoming Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair, taking place from November 7-9, 2024, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This premier event serves as a vital platform for international businesses to promote their wine products in the thriving Asian market.
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Charlotte Weihl is the new German Wine Queen
27.09.2024
The 76th German Wine Queen is Charlotte Weihl and comes from from thewine-growing region Pfalz. In a final that was exciting right up to the end, the 25-year-old won the election on 27 September in Neustadt an der Weinstraβe.
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International websites: One system for all markets
26.09.2024
End of September, Wines of Germany has launched six new websites for six export markets: Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Czech Republic present German wines within the look and feel of international joint marketing.
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Election of the German Wine Queen: Five finalists have made it to the final
21.09.2024
With profound expertise and a confident performance, five of the twelve candidates in the preliminary round for the 76th German Wine Queen convinced the jury and made it through to the final.
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Optimistic start of the grape harvest in Germany
11.09.2024
According to the German Wine Institute (DWI), winegrowers in many regions in Germany started the grape harvest optimistically this week. Already last week, the grape harvest of early ripening varieties for winemaking had begun in some places.
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The German Wine Institute becomes a major supporter of the Institute of Masters of Wine
28.08.2024
The Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW) is proud to announce that the German Wine Institute (DWI) has joined its international supporter community as a Major Supporter.
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Voices on the 75th anniversary of the DWI
27.08.2024
To mark the anniversary of the German Wine Institute (DWI), wine producers, members of the press and representatives of the industry have had their say. We have summarised a small selection of the voices for you.
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A profile of the 13 German wine-growing regions
04.07.2024
The German Wine Institute (DWI) has analysed what particularly distinguishes the 13 German wine-growing regions based on the Destatis vineyard survey for 2023.
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Lively interest in domestic wine at German missions abroad
03.07.2024
The wine recommendations that the Federal Foreign Office made last year following a DWI call for tenders for the German representations abroad were well received.
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Attention for German wines continues to grow
03.07.2024
An analysis of media monitoring in the first two quarters of 2024 shows that global attention for German wines continues to increase. As an example, four publications in the USA, the most important sales market from a German perspective, are listed below, including the New York Times.
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Wines of Germany "Summer of Riesling" launched in Shanghai
03.07.2024
On June 30, 2024, the historic landmark of Shanghai, The Great World, played host to a grand German wine carnival, marking the commencement of the Wines of Germany China’s major consumer campaign for 2024, "Summer of Riesling".
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Wines from German regions with a strong spring performance in Asia
04.06.2024
With the Riesling & Co. China Roadshow 2024 and the first participations at Prowine Tokyo and Prowine Singapore, the German wine industry successfully presented itself in Asia and set promising impulses for the further development of the Asian wine market.
German wines are becoming drier. According to the German Wine Institute (DWI), based on data from the nationwide quality wine test, over half of all German quality and premium wines (51 per cent) were offered in dry flavours last year.
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New range of wines for the German Embassies abroad
10.05.2024
The Federal Foreign Office (AA) and the German Wine Institute (DWI) have selected 27 wines and sparkling wines as the new range of recommendations for the 225 German embassies abroad at a tasting in Berlin.
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Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir visits The German Wine Institute
08.05.2024
On May 7, 2024, the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture Cem Özdemir was a guest at the German Wine Institute (DWI) and the German Wine Academy (DWA) in Bodenheim near Great Wine Capital Mainz. Germany.
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London: Big G Tasting reaches out to UK Wine Scene
03.05.2024
Buyers, sommeliers, media and wine educators followed the 'Wines of Germany' invitation "The Big G Trade Tasting". Over 100 trade visitors met producers and importers to taste some of the best contemporary wines from the 13 German wine-growing regions.
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Successfully presented: Riesling, Pinot & Co in Warsaw
25.04.2024
Poland has now grown to become the fourth most important export country for wines from the 13 German wine-growing regions. Good conditions for 32 exhibitors at a table presentation in Warsaw. They met inquisitive importers and trade visitors.
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First German Pavilion at ProWine Singapore ever
20.03.2024
From the 23rd to the 26th of April 2024, the German Wine Institute (DWI) will be presenting a representative selection of wines and sparkling wines from the German wine-growing regions at this year's ProWine Singapore.