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Vintage 2010: Low volume, good quality
The German winegrowers expect the yield in this year to be the smallest of the last 25 years. Per the German Wine Institute (DWI), the estimate of the amount to be harvested in 2010 will only amount to 7 million hectoliters. This...
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Harvest in Germany Begins
The harvest of the 2010 vintage has just begun in Germany's wine regions. Picking of the early ripening varieties for the vinification of the popular light wines called "Federweissen" commenced at the end of August.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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.
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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