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Tender Announcement: The DWI is looking for an enthusiastic, strong and innovative partner with excellent contacts to trade and general public media and authorities to re-open a Wines of Germany representation in Japan.

Rosé is regarded as the ideal summer wine. Germany's consumers are not the only one's that love it. According to latest OIV data, sales figures have been rising worldwide during the past years.

According to the official announcement from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) during the "38th World Congress of Vine and Wine" in Mainz, Professor Dr. Monika Christmann was elected as the new president during the 13th General Assembly by the voting members. She will succeed Claudia Inés Quini from Argentina, who has accompanied...

During her state visit to Germany, HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh dined at Bellevue Castle in Berlin. They enjoyed a 4-course-menu with Wines of Germany. Find the menu and wine card below:

The summery temperatures observed throughout the flowering stage in all 13 of Germany's winegrowing regions suggest that the 2015 vintage is shaping up nicely. At present it is estimated that the vines are developing approximately 1 week ahead of the long-standing average.

The German Wine Institute (DWI) was on hand at the Vinexpo Bordeaux (June 14-18, 2015) to present a representative selection of wines from Germany's 13 winegrowing regions. In addition to the tasting counter at our shared stand (Hall 1, Stand No. BD 290), the DWI also offered several master classes daily:

Wine bars, shops, restaurants and retailers all over the world are ready for Germany’s “Riesling Weeks” as well as “31 days of Riesling”. The campaigns highlight the quality, versatility and food-matching capabilities of German Rieslings and other grape varieties at all price points.

German wine-growers are altogether satisfied with the qualities and and quantities of grapes harvested in 2014. Based on the final statistics just released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the German Wine Institute/Mainz reports that the 9.2 million hectoliters harvested is about nine percent more than the year before and in line with...

Last year, the German vineyard area planted with Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) grew by 5.3 percent – the largest increase recorded among all grape varieties. In all, the area devoted to this grape has reached 5,627 hectares (13,904 acres), or twice the size it was in 2000.

The German Wine Institute (DWI) presents its’ main pages germanwines.de /deutscheweine.de in a new more emotional and modern design. Some 22.000 pages with videos, images and informative texts were restructured in a horizontal fly-out navigation. Furthermore, winelovers can reach the site much quicker now.