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Each year, The Wine Enthusiast Magazine selects "Best Buys" in the USA. In 2019 three German wines made it on the Top 100 list. Even more exciting: one of them is amoung the Top 10 of some 24.000 wines tested in this year's contest.

In a new interview-series the German Wine Institute (Wines of Germany HQ) portraits multipliers in the global wine branch. We start with Jessyca Lewis, a successful marketing and advertising professional and winelover. She discovered her passion for teaching and social media. Now she’s inspiring Germany’s winemakers and encourages them to get...

“CHOOSE | SHARE | CARE” is the new message of Wine in Moderation with an innovative visual identity. The new Brand Strategy, message and visual identity are a result of a year-long reflection at the conclusion of the Wine in Moderation´s 10th year in existence.

It’s not only an annual name dropping routine of great interest to gourmets and wine critics alike: every november, the three reknowned wine guides "Eichelmann", "Gault&Millau" and "vinum" present the results of their individual tastings to the press.

As part of the Clink Different campaign - the joint initiative promoting wines of Bordeaux and Germany - the CIVB and Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI, German Wine Institute) invite US-journalists to discover the unexpected wines and styles that these renowned winemaking regions offer.

The German Wine Academy (DWA) submitted a bid for Germany's wine culture to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The DWA submitted the bid "in lieu of all people ... who maintain and look after Germany's viniculture."

The German Wine Institute (DWI) with its Wines of Germany office in Shanghai (WOG) will be on hand at this year’s ProWine China in Shanghai (Nov 12-14, 2019). Running at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (No. 2345 Longyang Road) some 40 winemakers present a selection of wines from Germany's 13 winegrowing regions.

On the initiative of the German Wine Institute (DWI), numerous table presentations with German wines took place worldwide this year. Specialists and multipliers in all important foreign markets were given the opportunity to discover German wines and combine them with positive impressions and important information.

European wine grape harvest also below average

Due to a good level of grape ripeness and the damp autumn weather, this year’s grape harvest draws to a close earlier than expected. Thereby, the yields of the harvest are significantly lower than in the exceptionally strong year 2018 (+18% compared to the 10-year average). Based on a first yield...

The German Wine Institute (DWI) interviews bloggers, influencers and multipliers on the subject of "Germany as a wine country". Prof. Dr. Jörn Kleinhans from Los Angeles, Managing Director of the Sommelier Company, answered our questions about German wines.