
Wines of Germany is the UK marketing arm of the Deutsches Weininstitut, creating greater awareness for German wine in the UK with the trade, press and consumers.
The sunny summer has caused the grapes to ripen very quickly this year. The first grapes harvested in the Pfalz and Baden regions for youthful styles for domestic drinking in Germany are already exceptionally ripe.
On August 18, wine lovers around the world celebrate Pinot Noir Day. Word is getting out about the enormous leap in quality that wines of this variety - known as Spätburgunder in German wine regions - have experienced in recent years.
The range of dry wines from German wineries continues to grow. According to the German Wine Institute (DWI), following an analysis of the nationwide quality wine assessment, last year, 53 per cent of all German quality and Prädikat wines were sold as dry wines.