Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Wine Advertising Laws in Germany

Thinking of exporting to Germany? Then be aware of these rules, which apply to everybody through the wine chain, both online and offline. Anja Zimmer summarises the German regulation.

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How TikTok Could Transform the Wine Industry

BookTok has turned the sleepy publishing industry upside down, driving sales and creating mammoth bestsellers. Could it do the same for wine? Felicity Carter takes a look.

Reading time: 4m 45s

Devil's Advocate: Smaller Wineries: Collaborate or Die

Robert Joseph considers the challenges for smaller wineries and suggests that working together may be their best hope of long term sustainability.

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The Cost of Premiumisation

The wine trade has always wanted people to drink less but better, and now they are. But US industry watchers tell Felicity Carter that this strategy carries risks.

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Devil’s Advocate: What if We Didn't Turn Into Our Parents?

Like conservative political views, a taste for wine is supposed to develop with age. Robert Joseph considers recent research suggesting this may not be as true as it used to be.

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Pfalz Wine Ambassadors to Wear Lapel Pins in Place of Crowns

Two women and one man make up the new #teampfalz and are competing for the title of Pfalz Wine Ambassador. Instead of a crown, they will now wear a lapel pin.

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Devil’s Advocate: It's Not (Just) about the Taste

Why should anyone buy one wine rather than another - apart from because of the way it tastes (and its price)? This is a question Robert Joseph suggests needs to be asked rather more often.

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Sold Out on the Spot

The Kaiserbaum Hammel-Hundinger winery in the Palatinate region was named ‘Germany's best winery’ at MUNDUS VINI 2023. Karin Eymael meets winemaker Gerald Hundinger and marketing manager Jürgen Armbruster to discover what happened next.

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Devil’s Advocate: Wine, Factories and Brands

Robert Joseph takes a whimsical look at some of the language that's used - and not used - in the wine industry - and the exceptionalism it reveals.

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