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How Germany's red wines are benefiting from the hot summer

From Der Standard · () German

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  • Germany's red wines could emerge as the winners of this year's harvest, according to Ernst Büscher of the German Wine Institute.
  • The institute points to small, highly ripe, healthy grapes with thick skins as favourable conditions for red wine.
  • Harvesting began earlier than ever, and much of the crop has already been picked except for Riesling.

Small, highly ripe and healthy grapes with thick skins could make Germany's red wines the winners of this year's vintage, according to Ernst Büscher of the German Wine Institute.

"Red wines could be the winners of the vintage," Büscher said in Bodenheim, in the Rheinhessen wine region. Germany still grows red grapes on about one-third of its vineyard area.

The harvest began earlier than ever this year. Much of it has already been picked, although Riesling remains to be harvested. The German Wine Institute forecasts an exceptional vintage and expects conditions for the remaining harvest to stay very good.

Red wines could be the winners of the vintage.

· Ernst BüscherThe German Wine Institute representative highlighted the potential strength of Germany's red-wine harvest.
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