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The Jury of the 4th edition of the International Rose Championship under the presidency of Mrs. Elizabeth Gabay MW is proud to present the official list of the winners. The prestigious title "The Best Rosé of 2020" has been awarded to the German winery Braunewell/Dinter.

The campaign weeks around "Riesling & Co." are a popular opportunity for the international wine trade and gastronomy to make wine lovers listen to German wines on a global scale.

Despite lifting travel warnings within Europe, there is a great interest in domestic holiday destinations. For this reason, the German Wine Institute (DWI) has researched caravan sites in all 13 German wine regions.

"Cool series - cool branch!" - With this comment, an Instagram user summed up the consistently positive response to the DWI theme weeks on social media.

The FEAST festival created a relaxed atmosphere at the Jing'an Kerry Center in Shanghai. Despite bad weather, thousands of people enjoyed the first major cultural and gourmet event after the Corona pandemic. Also included: Riesling and Dornfelder from Germany.

In warm regions in Germany the blooming of vines began end of May. This is eight to ten days earlier than the 30-year average. However, due to cool and rainy weather during the past week, the further development was partially slowed down.

Under the hashtag #burgunderwunder, The German Wine Institute starts its last theme weeks and invites you on a two-week trip into the fascinating world of pinot wines from Germany.

A good 2,000 wines were tasted and evaluated for the Frankfurt International Wine Trophy 2020. From mid-April, a selected group of sommeliers, oenologists, wine dealers and trade journalists met for three weeks in meetings of three people each. A third of the positions were awarded. Among them were 190 German wines.

The first of two tastings for the International Organic Wine Award 2020 took place with 28 tasters all over Germany in a "virtual room". Winemakers from 18 countries did not want to forgo the quality competition, even in these difficult times, so submitted 648 wines for the Spring Tasting. German growers of organic wine won 25 Top Gold, 115 Gold...

The German Wine Institute runs a topical page "wine & food". Find this seasonal dish and a corresponding wine recommendation in the asparagus section.