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The summery temperatures observed throughout the flowering stage in all 13 of Germany's winegrowing regions suggest that the 2015 vintage is shaping up nicely. At present it is estimated that the vines are developing approximately 1 week ahead of the long-standing average.

The German Wine Institute (DWI) was on hand at the Vinexpo Bordeaux (June 14-18, 2015) to present a representative selection of wines from Germany's 13 winegrowing regions. In addition to the tasting counter at our shared stand (Hall 1, Stand No. BD 290), the DWI also offered several master classes daily:

Wine bars, shops, restaurants and retailers all over the world are ready for Germany’s “Riesling Weeks” as well as “31 days of Riesling”. The campaigns highlight the quality, versatility and food-matching capabilities of German Rieslings and other grape varieties at all price points.

German wine-growers are altogether satisfied with the qualities and and quantities of grapes harvested in 2014. Based on the final statistics just released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the German Wine Institute/Mainz reports that the 9.2 million hectoliters harvested is about nine percent more than the year before and in line with...

Last year, the German vineyard area planted with Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) grew by 5.3 percent – the largest increase recorded among all grape varieties. In all, the area devoted to this grape has reached 5,627 hectares (13,904 acres), or twice the size it was in 2000.

The German Wine Institute (DWI) presents its’ main pages germanwines.de /deutscheweine.de in a new more emotional and modern design. Some 22.000 pages with videos, images and informative texts were restructured in a horizontal fly-out navigation. Furthermore, winelovers can reach the site much quicker now.

In Germany, consumers have clearly changed their habits of buying wine in recent years. Just prior to the ProWein international wine trade fair in Düseldorf, Monika Reule, director of the German Wine Institute/Mainz, pointed out that wine consumers in Germany have become much more interested in trying new things.

Just prior to the ProWein international wine trade fair in Düsseldorf, the German Wine Institute/Mainz reported that in 2014, German wine exporters shipped ca. 1.2 million hectolters of wine worth 315 million euros. This is a decrease of 9.2 percent in volume and 5.6 percent in value compared with the year before.

Weingut Markus Molitor in Bernkastel-Wehlen on the Mosel has earned three perfect scores from one of the world's most distinguished wine critics, "Parker's Wine Advocate." The wine tester responsible for Germany, Stephan Rheinhardt, assigned 100 points for three noble sweet Riesling Auslese wines from the vintage 2013, specifically from the...

Following the market trend toward dry wines, a full 44 percent of all "Qualität" and "Prädikat" wines bottled in Germany last year were classified as "trocken" (dry). In estimates by the German Wine Institute (DWI), this represents an eight percent rise over a decade ago (2004). Over that same period, the market share occupied by off-dry wines saw...