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  • Press releases DWI Annual Report 2025 published 19.08.2026

    The latest annual report of the German Wine Marketing Organization, published in German, provides an overview of the numerous projects and initiatives through which the German Wine Institute (DWI) further strengthened the visibility and appreciation of German wines both domestically and internationally over the past year.

  • Press releases The 2026 grape wine harvest in Germany starts with promising qualities 18.08.2026

    The sunny summer has caused the grapes to ripen very quickly this year. The first grapes currently being harvested in the Palatinate and Baden for Federweißer were already exceptionally sweet.

    Lesestart 2026: Gerhard Nett vom Weingut Nett in Neustadt/W. bestimmt die Mostgewichte mit dem Refraktometer / Harvest Kickoff: Gerhard Nett from Weingut Nett, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, checks the grape must weight with a refractometer

  • Industry news Pinot Noir Day – A Celebration for Germany's Spätburgunder 17.08.2026

    On August 18, wine lovers around the world celebrate Pinot Noir Day. Word is getting out about the enormous leap in quality that wines of this variety - known as Spätburgunder in German wine regions - have experienced in recent years. In the country with the third-largest area planted with Pinot Noir in the world, a true Spätburgunder miracle has taken place. On International Pinot Noir Day, The German Wine Institute (DWI) highlights precisely this dynamic development.

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    19.08.2026

  • Moselle and Franconia Now Turn Wine Trails Into Multi-Day Travel Escapes in Germany

    18.08.2026

  • Pinot Noir: The heartbreak grape

    18.08.2026