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Summery temperatures observed throughout spring in Germany's winegrowing regions lead to high hopes regarding the vintage year of 2018. At present it is estimated that the vines are developing approximately two weeks ahead of the long-standing average.

The International Wine Show Prague (IWSP) has a new highlight this year: For the first time ever, winemakers from Germany's successful GENERATION RIESLING movement are going to showcase their wines may 29th in the Czech metropoly.

Some 200 experts of the wine trade took on the latest chance to meet Germany's young vintners at a cool and quirky location in Berlin: winemakers from some 26 Generation Riesling (GR) enterprises presented themselves as well as their wine creations at devil's hill (Teufelsberg) airloft.

German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture enables a strong presence of German wine producers - On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Vinexpo at Hong Kong’s Convention & Exhibition Center (May 29-31, 2018), the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture once again organizes the German participation in this renowned international...

The 'Wines of Germany' trade tasting returned once again to the Vinyl Factory, Soho. 18 producers and six importers presented over 200 wines to an enthusiastic audience.

#EnjoyGermanFood: global sales and marketing activities of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) and 'Wines of Germany' focuse on culinary offers worldwide. The latest influencer event in Vienna, Austria reached out to numerous journalists and experts from the tourism and wine branch alike.

So much to discover and so much joy to be found: The annual 'Riesling Weeks' campaign gains new participants each year. The promotion program shows German wines in a wide range of styles and at all price points. 

During this year’s ProWein, professional domestic as well as international visitors showed great interest in the produce of the German wine-growing regions. White wines from the vintage year 2017, which tend to be light and quite refined, were particularly coveted, since they meet the consumers’ current taste preferences.

For more than 60 years, the German Wine Institute/Mainz and the German wine queen, flanked by two German wine princesses, have been a successful team. The first German wine queen was elected in 1949. Since then, the election process has been as follows: every autumn, the wine queens of each of Germany’s 13 wine-growing regions compete for the...

White wines continue to be popular with German consumers. 45 percent of all wine sold domestically in Germany last year was white, a two percentage point rise over the year prior. The German Wine Institute (DWI) announced this finding ahead of the international ProWein trade fair, drawing on the annual wine market analysis it commissions from GfK.