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The sixth running of "Riesling Weeks" in Hong Kong commenced june 8th. It is a month-long celebration of German wine in June led by its most famous grape variety Riesling, offictiated by Germany's wine queen Katharina Staab.

Germany has far more to offer than good cars, technology or football. In the shadow of its economic and sports successes, a generation has evolved for whom enjoyment of the fine things in life is just as important - and that is making itself clearly felt both in the restaurant as well as the wine scene.

The Riesling Fellowship was proud to be joined last night by top German Riesling producers and members of the Asian trade and press for a gala dinner at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel in Hong Kong.

Organized by Wines of Germany China Office, the “2018 China Top50 German Wines Competition” was successfully accomplished in May 2018. This is the third year to launch the Top50 program in Mainland China market.

How does demand for bottled wines develop at cooperatives, wineries and wine estates with a view to individual grape varieties? A business cycle analysis established by Professor Simone Loose at Hochschule Geisenheim University provides answers:

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.