DWI and Federal Foreign Office choose wines for German missions abroad

The Federal Foreign Office and the German Wine Institute (DWI) have selected 25 wines in a large blind tasting and recommended them to German diplomatic missions abroad. Diplomats offer German wines to their guests at receptions, banquets, dinners and other occasions around the globe. To make the selection easier, 385 wines were put forward for pre-selection. Of these, 39 made it to the final, which took place at the Federal Foreign Office. In the end, 25 wines and sparkling wines were selected, which will now be sent to all German missions abroad in the form of an order list and as a recommendation for purchase.

To make the selection easier for the embassy staff, they will receive a recommendation for each wine along with the list of wines as to which dishes it goes well with.

These 25 wines are part of the diplomats' assortment:

Sparkling wine

2014 Pinot Noir / St. Laurent Rosé, Weinhaus Norbert Kiebel, Mosel

Pinot Noir Rosé, Wein- und Sektgut Barth, Rheingau

2017 Pinot Gris, Winery Dorst, Rheinhessen

Red wine

2015 Pinot Noir dry, Winery Peter Kriechel, Ahr

2016 Pinot Noir dry, Winery Thorsten Krieger, Palatinate

2015 Pinot Noir dry, Bastianshauser Hof Winery, Rheinhessen

2015 Lemberger dry, Weingärtner Stromberg - Zabergäu, Württemberg

2016 Lemberger dry, Winzer vom Weinsbergertal, Württemberg

White wine

2017 Grauburgunder Spätlese dry, Friedrich Kiefer, Baden

2017 Silvaner Kabinett dry, Winery Borst, Franconia

2017 Riesling dry, Eisenbach-Korn Winery, Middle Rhine

2017 Grauer Burgunder Auslese dry, Winery Ökonomierat Petgen-Dahm, Mosel

2017 Pinot Blanc feinherb, Winzerhof Wallhäuser, Nahe

2017 Silvaner Kabinett dry, Winery Graßmück, Palatinate

2017 Pinot Blanc dry, Winery Geiger, Palatinate

2015 Riesling dry, Winery of Lebenshilfe Bad Dürkheim e.V., Palatinate

2017 Riesling Kabinett dry, Winery Jul. Ferd. Kimich, Palatinate

2017 Riesling Spätlese dry, Klosterweingut Abtei St. Hildegard, Rheingau

2016 Silvaner Local Wine dry, Winery Wittmann, Rheinhessen

2016 Silvaner Classic, Walter Strub Winery, Rheinhessen

2017 Riesling dry, Winery Keth, Rheinhessen

2017 Müller-Thurgau dry, Winery Dobler, Württemberg

2017 Riesling sweet, Margarethenhof Winery, Pfalz

2017 Riesling Kabinett, Nikolaus Köwerich Winery, Mosel

2014 Riesling Spätlese noble sweet, Winery W. Dr. H. Thanisch Erben Müller Burggraef, Mosel