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German wine enjoyed across the world
A total of 385 wines took part in the selection process. 39 wines made it into the finale which was held at the German Federal Foreign Office. At the end 25 wines and sparkling wines were included in the official wine recommendation list which is now being sent to all German missions abroad.
In order to support staff members in choosing wine from the list, they will not only be given the mere list of wines but also recommendations on which food goes well with each wine.
The 25 listed wines recommended to be served by German diplomatic missions are:
Sekt
2014 Spätburgunder / St. Laurent Rosé, Weinhaus Norbert Kiebel, Mosel
Spätburgunder Rosé, Wein- und Sektgut Barth, Rheingau
2017 Grauburgunder, Weingut Dorst, Rheinhessen
Red wine
2015 Spätburgunder trocken, Weingut Peter Kriechel, Ahr
2016 Spätburgunder trocken, Weingut Thorsten Krieger, Pfalz
2015 Spätburgunder trocken, Weingut Bastianshauser Hof, Rheinhessen
2015 Lemberger trocken, Weingärtner Stromberg - Zabergäu, Württemberg
2016 Lemberger trocken, Winzer vom Weinsbergertal, Württemberg
White wine
2017 Grauburgunder Spätlese trocken, Friedrich Kiefer, Baden
2017 Silvaner Kabinett trocken, Weingut Borst, Franken
2017 Riesling trocken, Weingut Eisenbach-Korn, Mittelrhein
2017 Grauer Burgunder Auslese trocken, Weingut Ökonomierat Petgen-Dahm, Mosel
2017 Weißburgunder feinherb, Winzerhof Wallhäuser, Nahe
2017 Silvaner Kabinett trocken, Weingut Graßmück, Pfalz
2017 Weißburgunder trocken, Weingut Geiger, Pfalz
2015 Riesling trocken, Weinbau der Lebenshilfe Bad Dürkheim e.V., Pfalz
2017 Riesling Kabinett trocken, Weingut Jul. Ferd. Kimich, Pfalz
2017 Riesling Spätlese trocken, Klosterweingut Abtei St. Hildegard, Rheingau
2016 Silvaner Ortswein trocken, Weingut Wittmann, Rheinhessen
2016 Silvaner Classic, Weingut Walter Strub, Rheinhessen
2017 Riesling trocken, Weingut Keth, Rheinhessen
2017 Müller-Thurgau trocken, Weingut Dobler, Württemberg
2017 Riesling süß, Weingut Margarethenhof, Pfalz
2017 Riesling Kabinett, Weingut Nikolaus Köwerich, Mosel
2014 Riesling Spätlese edelsüß, Weingut W. Dr. H. Thanisch Erben Müller Burggraef, Mosel
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