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Norway's alcohol monopoly "Vinmonopolet" has published its statistics for 2015. And the market leader in the white wine segment is - again - Germany! 30.1 % of all white wines sold by Vinmonopolet in Norway come from Germany.

Shortly before her party congress december 14/15th in Karlsruhe, Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel visited reknowned restaurant "garbo" to enjoy Generation Riesling wines created by young vintner Christian Estelmann from Eugen Wambsganß winery in Landau, Palatinate.

The leading Swedish wine magazine "Allt om Vin" has chosen two German wines as best of 2015: From 4000 wines which are available on the Swedish market, the jury chose a Sylvaner from Franconia at number 1 and a Rheingau Riesling place 2 in the category "Dry White Wines".

As the 2015 harvest drew to a close, winegrowers were already singing unusually effusive words of praise. A survey by the German Wine Institute (DWI) found that all German growing regions are reporting top quality yields.

This year, Wine Enthusiast’s tasting panel reviewed more than 19.800 wines from around the globe spanning Old World and New World wine regions alike. Edeltraud und Hanspeter Ziereisen reached 11th place with a 2010 Pinot Noir from Germany's southwestern region of "Baden".

More and more winelovers worldwide fancy high quality mulled wine from Germany. A growing number of producers create this hot drink with white as well as red wines. It is produced by individual vintners as well as cellars and available in many supermarkets.

The online share of wine sales has been on a constant increase. Along with books, wine was one of the first items to be sold online. Wine was already a player in the dotcom era around the year 2000. Also ProWein, the leading trade fair for wine and spirits held in Dusseldorf, Germany is registering more and more trade visitors in this segment.

The biggest US-newsportal CNN.com focused on Germany’s Weinstrasse, the world’s oldest wine route, in an october article, highlighting the route’s incredible history and bright future.

Josefine Schlumberger (21) from Laufen in the Baden region was elected 67th German wine queen. She will be supported by Katharina Fladung from the wine growing Rheingau-region as well as Caroline Guthier from the region of Hessische Bergstraße, both German wine princesses.

During the last couple of days, most of Germany's wine-growing areas started their major grape harvest for the wine production of such grape varieties as Müller-Thurgau, Sauvignon Blanc, or the white Pinot varieties.