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"US Americans love our Riesling and are enthusiastic about the quality of Pinot Noir from German growing regions." This is how Katrin Lang, the 74th German Wine Queen, summarizes her trip to New York City (NYC) in mid september.

After the sunny weather at the beginning of September greatly accelerated the ripening of the grapes, the 2023 grape harvest is proceeding extremely quickly.

For this year's election of the 75th German Winequeen, a strong team of applicants from 12 German wine-growing regions will compete.

In sunny late summer weather, the main grape harvest has begun these days in most German wine-growing regions with varieties such as Frühburgunder, Müller-Thurgau or Dornfelder.

The first grapes of the year were harvested on August 14 at 74 degrees Öchsle for the production of Federweißer in the Palatinate (Pfalz). According to the German Wine Institute (DWI), this year's start of harvest and the general level of development of the vines are in line with the average of recent years.

For more than 28 years, the Bett+Bike certification has been a proven and well-known nationwide quality certificate of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrradclub (ADFC). In cooperation with the German Wine Institute (DWI), Bett+Bike now offers a discounted offer to wineries.

Wines from German regions are finding more and more favour with Scandinavians. As the German Wine Institute (DWI) reports, based on the sales figures of the Scandinavian alcohol monopolies, the sales of German wines developed extremely positively in the first half of 2023, contrary to the general wine consumption trend.

"You'll see, Hong Kong is like a small village, although 7.4 million people live here, I was told right after my arrival," says German Winequeen Katrin Lang about her visit to the 'Riesling Weeks' in Hong Kong.

India's business portal for the travel industry, BOTTINDIA.com, recommends a visit to Germany's wine regions. "Wonderful landscapes everywhere," the authors indicate in their list of "Unmissable Travel Experiences".

Germany was the centre of the wine world for four days as host of the International Symposium of the Institute of Masters of Wine (IMW). The event welcomed 500 wine experts from 47 countries to Wiesbaden.