Dry wines still popular in Germany

GERMANY (Mainz) - Germans increasingly prefer dry wines. Since 2000, the number of dry quality and Prädikat wines increased from 34 to 41 percent. Semi-dry wines were also slightly more popular with an...

AUSTRALIA (Melbourne) - They sold more than 200 million records worldwide and now the cult band AC/DC is launching a wine, too! The legendary Australian rock band has named its wine product line after...

GERMANY (Würzburg) - This is a quote from a real and very incredible facebook chat I recently had: "Hi Arthur" - "Hi xxxxxxxxx" - "I'm writing you from London....I have a little bit of a problem"...

ARGENGINA (Buenos Aires) - With arbitrary methods, Argentina is trying to polish their trade balance. For every single Porsche that is imported to the South-american country, several hundred bottles of...

ITALY (Verona) - For the third time, the wine magazine Decanter has received the Grandi Cru d´Italia award, which is given under chairman Vittorio Frescobaldi and which stems from an association of...

AUSTRIA (Eisenstadt) - As part of a festive graduation ceremony at the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt and Schloss Vollrads in the Rheingau region, a total of 35 graduates of the “Diploma in Wines...

UK (London) - With Her Majesty’s permission, an ultra exclusive Port, the Graham’s Tawny 1952, will be served on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of “Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth...

FRANCE (Épernay) - Since 2005, the Competition of Champagne Ambassadors has been determining Europe’s best champagne experts in eight countries: Belgium, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, the...

GERMANY (Bernkastel Kues) - Winery Wwe. Dr. Thanisch, Erben Thanisch is celebrating a very rare 375th anniversary with its 2011 vintage. The Riesling winery has been managed by the family for the 11th...

GERMANY (Castell) - The Silvaner: An uncomplicated summer wine, a tender, creamy barrique wine, a well developed, elegant and vital large plant or an intensive long-lasting, sweet wine. Everything is...

GERMANY (Munich) - The women that Rudolf Knoll introduces on our website every now and then are not really envolved with viticulture, they are not winemakers but Rudolf considers them powerful women...

GERMANY (Oberhausen / Nahe) - The Gault Millau calls him the „grand winner of Nahe wines“ and has been awarding him with five grapes (world top) for many years already. This term stands for...

GERMANY (Heidelberg) - The Champagne Guide has just been released, the fourth book that Gerhard Eichelmann wrote about Champagne. The book provides give thorough and up to date information on...

GERMANY - (Dresden) - Winegrowing on the slopes above the Elbe River near Dresden has a long tradition. Although Saxony rates among the smallest winegrowing areas, it has a lot to offer. For the...

ITALY (Bolgheri) - Masseto - it is internationally on top level at Liv Ex, the wine exchange, and it was the first Italian wine at Place de Bordeaux. Since 1988, it has been evaluated by renowned...

USA (California) - An unprecedented film shows the exhausting way to achieve the qualification of a master sommelier - an exam that has been passed by as few as 200 wine experts so far. SOMM -...

USA (California) - Mark Anderson, former wine trader, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for having committed an arson attack on a central warehouse on Vallejos Mare Island, California. The fire...

CHINA (Beijing) - Sun Xitai, a Chinese businessman, has allegedly imported 70,000 illegally and saved import duties by giving false declarations. According to the investigating authorities, the value...

ITALY (Negrar) - Giuseppe (Bepi) Quintarelli, the „father of Amorane“ passed away at the age of 84. According to Italian newspapers, Quintarellis death was announced by his grandson...

ITALY (Florence) - Giulio Gambelli, one of the most gifted of Tuscany’s wine makers, died at the age of 86. During his lifetime already, Mr. Gambelli - who had been given the nickname...