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German Pinot Noir in Bordeaux Country
Vinexpo is one of the most important trade forums for the world's wine markets, including Germany, which will once again demonstrate the international competitiveness of its wine-growers at this year's trade fair. For eleven...
[more]German Wine Exports Weather the Economic Crisis
Despite the difficult economic environment, the German Wine Institute/Mainz reports that German wine exports showed posted growth in 2008. At a press conference just prior to the international wine trade fair ProWein in...
[more]Welcome to WeinSensorium - Experience Wine with all the Senses
With its WeinSensorium (WineSensorium) in front of Berlins main train station, the German Wine Institute offers the people of Berlin an entertaining way to learn much about German wine. The exhibition is open daily from October...
[more]Good Prospects for Vintage 2008
In Germany, the main harvest of the 2008 grape crop is now underway. The first batches of early-ripening varietals, such as Rivaner (Müller-Thurgau), Portugieser or Frühburgunder (an early-ripening cousin of Pinot Noir) have...
[more]Wine Exports at a High Level
According to the Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI, or German Wine Institute) in Mainz, net exports of German wines in the period from July 2007 through June 2008 amounted to some two million hectoliters valued at 398 million euros....
[more]In Vogue: German Light Wines
Light, fruity wines that are low in alcohol are ideal summer wines and a trademark of German vintners, whose vineyards are among the most northerly in the world, and where conditions for producing light wines are ideal. According...
[more]ProWein 2008 - A Continuing Success Story
The Duesseldorf Fairgrounds in Germany will welcome more than 30,000 trade visitors from around the globe to the international wine and spirits exhibition Pro Wein 2008 to be held here March 16th – 18th, 2008.
[more]Continued Growth for German Wine Exports
According to the German Wine Institute/Mainz, the value of wine exports from Germany increased by 13% in 2007, to 635 million Euro, and the average price per liter reached 2.03 Euro. Export volume increased by 8%, to 313 million...
[more]Wine Consumption in Germany Reaches All-time High
MAINZ, Germany. Wine consumption in Germany from August 2006 through July 2007 reached a new all-time high: 20.6 liters per capita. Every year the German Wine Institute/Mainz commissions the German Wine-growers’ Association/Bonn...
[more]Eiswein Adds Crowning Touch to Vintage 2007
MAINZ. After last year, when precious little Eiswein (ice wine) was produced, growers who have patiently waited for the first hard frost this winter have finally been rewarded. The onset of bitterly cold weather in most of...
[more]German wines:
“Germany makes some of the world’s finest whites in some of the world’s greenest scenery.”
Stephen Brook, The Travellers Germany (Supp. to The Guardian), 25 May 2007
“Another overlooked country, with great food wines, under-priced as they’re still – sadly – underappreciated, is Germany.”
Decanter, August 2007
