WINE ALLIANCES

German premium wines for the Soccer Association

GERMANY (Mainz) - Soccer and wine do indeed go together. Kickers as well like to have a party with a good drink, as can be hears occasionally. And visitors in the lounges of the stadiums, who sometimes pay several hundred euros for a VIP ticket, want to be pampered as well. So, the Deutsche Fußballbund (German Soccer Association, DFB) has been working together with the Deutsche Weininstitut (German Wine Institute, DWI) since the world championship took place in Germany in 2006; as a result, in international matches premium wines from Germany are served in VIP areas and other spectators’ areas exclusively.

Predicate wine estates: The more precisely the origin is defined, the higher the quality!

GERMANY (Würzburg) – The members of the Association of German Predicate Wine Estates (Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter, VDP) are introducing in the whole of Germany a new model to classify...

Five newbies in the VDP

GERMANY (Mainz) – In the past few weeks, the Association of German Quality and Predicate Wine Estates (VDP) has welcomed five new wineries from three regions. Three of the newbies came from...

German premium wines for the Soccer Association

GERMANY (Mainz) - Soccer and wine do indeed go together. Kickers as well like to have a party with a good drink, as can be hears occasionally. And visitors in the lounges of the stadiums, who sometimes...

Germans spend more money on wine

GERMANY (Mainz) – Past year, the Germans bought less wine but spent more money on it. The GfK market research company found out by a survey that the amount of money spent increased by 1.2 percent,...

Weinelf Germany hires professional coach

GERMANY (Ingelheim) - Wine marketing is done a very different way these days. Not only winemakers but also other soccer fans from the scene play in Germany's Weinelf. Now, all of them can welcome...

WEINELF Germany wins Indoor Masters

GERMANY (Kaiserslautern) - The WEINELF has won the indoor masters of top league of the hotel & restaurant sector. It is already a tradition that the German WEINELF ended its year at the soccer...

Web 2.0 - Campus Geisenheim website online

GERMANY (Geisenheim) - In early 2010, the Campus Geisenheim started figuring out a modern Corporate Design for the learning institution of Geisenheim. Already in September, the Research Institute...

IWI and Campus Geisenheim GmbH offer Commis Sommelier seminar

GERMANY (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler) - Expert knowhow is of high importance in the TOP-restaurant buisness. Knowing your profession well makes it easier on a day-to-day basis to be more professional and...

Trophy Relais & Châteaux and Sommelier Union Germany select the best sommelier

GERMANY (Freudenberg) - For the first time, the exclusive hotel and restaurant association Relais &Châteaux and experts of the Sommelier Union Germany have selected the best sommelier in Germany in a...

European Championship of sommeliers - Thomas Sommer just failed the finale

FRANCE (Straßburg) - November 20 - 22, Strassbourg hosted the 12th European Championship of Sommeliers, under the aegis of the ASI (Association de la Sommellerie Internationale). The French...

AIV debate: Can biodynamic catch up with fine wine?

UK (London) - More respect for the soil ist he key to the production of wines that bear an expression of the terroir in themselves and can be called „fine wine“; this is the summary of a AIV meetin...

"Kultkiste" – mature wines as a reflection of time

GERMANY (Düsseldorf) - For their anniversary, DIE GÜTER are supporting their agency partners with an innovative marketing idea. The 20th anniversary will be celebrated with a „Kultkiste“ of...

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