The Federal Foreign Office (AA) and the German Wine Institute (DWI) have selected 19 German wines as the new diplomatic assortment in a blind tasting. After an open call for entries, 305 wines were put forward for pre-selection, 61 made it to the final in Berlin. The award-winning 16 wines and 3 sparkling wines cover different grape varieties, flavours and quality levels from nine growing regions. They will now be sent as an order list to the 226 German representations abroad. There, the wines will be served at official occasions such as receptions, banquets or gala dinners.
These 19 wines and sparkling wines are part of the new diplomatic assortment:
White wines
- 2020 Pinot Blanc dry, quality wine,Unteröwisheim Kirchberg, Klumpp Winery
- 2021 Silvaner dry, Old Vines, Sulzfelder Sonnenberg, Winery Hugo Brennfleck
- 2021 Grauburgunder vom Muschelkalk dry, Quality wine, Nitteler Gipfel, Winery Hubertus M. Apel
- 2021 Riesling dry, quality wine, Margarethenhof Winery
- 2022 Riesling Schieferstück semi-dry, quality wine, Weinhaus Raimund Prüm KG
- 2021 Riesling, Auslese, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, CALDO INFERNALE®, Old Vines, Winery Albert Gessinger
- 2021 Kreuznach Riesling dry, Quality wine, Winery Korrell
- 2021 Laubenheimer Scheurebe dry, Quality wine, Winery Schömehl GbR
- 2021 Sauvignon Blanc dry, quality wine, Pleisweiler-Oberhofen, Wilker Winery
- 2021 Gewürztraminer, late vintage, Winery Hermann Zöller
- 2021 Riesling Kabinett dry, Winkeler Jesuitengarten, Winery Josef Schönleber
- 2019 Lemberger dry G.A., quality wine, Heilbronn Stiftsberg, winery G.A. Heinrich
Red wines
- 2020 Pinot Noir dry, quality wine, "Hand in Hand", Wineries Klumpp and Meyer-Näkel
- 2021 Pinot Noir dry, quality wine, Meersburger Bengel, Meersburg State Winery
- 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon dry, quality wine, Heppenheimer Steinkopf, Bergsträßer Winzer eG
- 2019 Bechtheimer Spätburgunder dry, quality wine, Brussels Winery
Sparkling wines
(ru / Source and photo: DWI)
