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by Monika Reule // The corona pandemic presented us all with great challenges in the past year, and it will keep us in suspense for quite a while yet in 2021.

Jamessuckling.com speaks of Germany as "one of the most exciting regions of the year" and has published a "Top 100 Regional Report". Renowned editor Stuart Pigott commented that he couldn't remember a more exciting and high-quality vintage in Germany, especially for riesling wines.

On November 30th, winegrowers in several German wine regions like Nahe, Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Franken and Rheingau were able to successfully harvest frozen icewine grapes at freezing temperatures. We listet them for you at the end of the following text.

The honourable and well recognized Swedish award "Gyllene Glaset 2020" (the golden glass) is annually awarded to profiles within the wine world for their outstanding achievements and recognition on the Swedish wine market. This year the German winemaker Weinut Leitz received the prestigious award.

The 2020 vintage produced a very high quality nationwide. The German Wine Institute (DWI) presents below how the vintage developed in the 13 German growing regions.

For the 23rd edition of the international Mondial des Pinots competition in Switzerland, to which only white and red Pinot wines are allowed, 350 wine producers from 20 countries submitted over 1,100 wines. German Pinots have been awarded a gold medal eleven times and a silver medal 19 times.

A decade ago, wines from the 13 German growing regions were difficult to find in Warsaw. Since then, Warsaw's wine scene has changed significantly. More and more wine lovers of Riesling & Co are looking forward to the expanded wine range now available thanks to two new wine bars in the Polish capital that complement the existing gastronomy and...

Wines of German origin, in particular, continued to be increasingly purchased by consumers in the third quarter of this year.

As one of the first in-person wine events after the Corona lockdown in Japan, "Riesling & Co" in Tokyo was a great success. Numerous multipliers were reached through the 160 trade visitors, 52 seminar guests and 16 exhibiting importers of German wines.

The German Wine Institute (DWI) is pleased to report that the reserves of domestic wines were significantly reduced in the last wine year due to strong local sales.