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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.

Anne Krebiehl, author of 'The Wines of Germany' is clearly a genuine enthusiast for German wines. In her new book she explains Germany's climb back to the top. However, Krebiehl also notes which changes are needed if 'Wines of Germany' are to continue their successful path.

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...

Germany's 71st Wine Queen was elected on Friday, September 27th in the city of Neustadt – Rhineland-Palatinate. Angelina Vogt was born and raised in Baden. However, she entered the contest for the Nahe region where she lives now. Julia Sophie Böcklen from Württemberg and Carolin Hillenbrand from the Hessian Bergstraße complete the trio of the...

For the first time, Wine Enthusiast magazine has named one of Germany’s 13 wine regions – the Mosel – as a Wine Region of the Year nominee for its esteemed, annual Wine Star Awards.

The Meininger Verlag and Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI) have crowned their champions from the new MUNDUS VINI NORDIC competition. The exclusive prize ceremony was held on September 10 at renowned Copenhagen wine sellers Kjær Sommerfeldt, to an audience of selected guests from the wine and fine dining industries.

Laura Gerhardt (Mosel), Julia Sophie Böcklen (Württemberg), Angelina Vogt (Nahe), Katharina Bausch (Rheingau), Carolin Hillenbrand (Hessische Bergstraße) und Miriam Kaltenbach (Baden) made it to the finals. One of them will be elected Germany's 71st Winequeen during a live TV-show on Friday, September 27th.