One year before the start of drinktec 2009, World Fair for Beverages and Liquid Food Technology, space is almost fully booked. Around 90 percent of the total space taken up by drinktec in 2005 has now been reserved.
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In Germany, the main harvest of the 2008 grape crop is now underway. The first batches of early-ripening varietals, such as Rivaner (Müller-Thurgau), Portugieser or Frühburgunder (an early-ripening cousin of Pinot Noir) have already been harvested in the Baden, Pfalz and Rheinhessen regions. According to German Wine Institute spokesperson Ernst Büscher: “As of mid-September, the growth of the crop and the development of grape aromas are promising and bode well for the quality of the vintage in 2008.”
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According to the Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI, or German Wine Institute) in Mainz, net exports of German wines in the period from July 2007 through June 2008 amounted to some two million hectoliters valued at 398 million euros. This is equal to a two percent increase in value despite a slight decline in volume of one percent compared with the same period a year ago. DWI managing director Monika Reule announced the figures at the DWI Export Forum in Oppenheim/Rheinhessen today. Satisfied with these results, Reule added: “Turnover of all German wine exports has increased some 43 percent since 2000.” Given the limited size of Germany’s vineyard area, the DWI is more interested in the value rather than the volume of its wine exports.
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drinktec 2009 directs attention to the big picture
How much technology - and what technology - is needed in the production of whisky or Riesling? It´s a question that has been the subject of heated debate in the trade for many years. But whatever the individual viewpoint, what is sure is that at some stage in the process, some technology will be needed, by all wine and spirits producers. Just what technology is best suited for which applications will be highlighted next year, between 14 and 19 September 2009, at the world´s biggest trade fair for beverage and liquid food technology - drinktec, at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre.
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Nomacorc, the world’s leading producer of alternative wine closures, today announced that it has initiated an in-depth three-year project with Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim (Geisenheim Research Center) in Germany. The research will explore the development of the Riesling varietal under varying amounts of oxygen and evaluate the influence of different bottling conditions with an emphasis on headspace variations. Continue reading ‘Nomacorc partners with Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim on advanced research into post-bottling chemistry of Riesling’
The WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust), based in London, UK announced today the appointment of Michael Pleitgen as its Co-ordinator for the German market.
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Campaign will include promotion of wines from Germany, Alsace and Austria and kick off with a ‘Destination Riesling’ luncheon at 154 South Gate in New York City
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A first: in Belgium, a country of discerning red wine connoisseurs and fans of French-style red wines, a German Spätburgunder was voted “wine of the year” – a 2005 barrique-aged Spätburgunder produced by Weingut Knab/Endingen in the Kaiserstuhl district of Baden, Germany’s southernmost wine-growing region.
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Wine consumption in Germany from August 2006 through July 2007 reached a new all-time high: 20.6 liters per capita. Every year the German Wine Institute/Mainz commissions the German Wine-growers’ Association/Bonn to provide a balance sheet of stocks and depletions during the last fiscal year – from which per capita consumption can be calculated.
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Sunday, 27 April, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Monday, 28 April, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: Rheingoldhalle in Mainz / Germany
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Survey reveals that price is no longer a determining factor for sales on the German market
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German Wine Institute Realigns Communication Efforts
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As this year’s grape harvest comes to an end, wine-growers in all 13 German wine-growing regions are thoroughly satisfied. Monika Reule, managing director of the Geman Wine Institute/Mainz, is glad that “everything went well this year” and added that “not only are this year’s qualities above average, but also the quantities harvested – currently estimated at 10.5 to 11 million hectoliters – are reason to be pleased, not least because this will enable us to better meet the increased demand for German wines at home and abroad than was possible the past year.”
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auctionGimmeldingen/Pfalz… The traditional wine auctions of the Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) in the Mosel, Rheingau and Nahe regions took place at the end of September. The best lots of vintage 2006 as well as a few rarities came under the hammer. As always, the majority of the wines auctioned were Rieslings.
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Preparations for drinktec 2009, the World Fair for Beverage and Liquid Food Technology, are stepping up a gear. In mid September the registration documents were sent out, and by March 2008 the drinktec team will begin allocating stands.
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New Vintage of Germany’s Highest Quality Wines Makes its Debut
Berlin…..For the sixth consecutive year, the Prädikat Wine Estates invited the wine world to Berlin on 1 September for the annual market release of Germany’s highest quality wines – ERSTE LAGE.
Continue reading ‘Premiere of ERSTE LAGE Wines of the Prädikat Wine Estates – Expression of a new era of Wine Culture’
Germany produces two thirds of the world’s Riesling1 but it seems that this is not enough to meet the growing global demand for this high quality white varietal. Exports reached their highest level ever in 2006 at 2,906,335 hl and wines are fetching previously unheard of prices: