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Swedish wine industry goes international

This summer, Sweden will host its own 1976-style “Paris Wine Tasting,” pitting Swedish wines against international wines. The tasting is part of the effort to promote Swedish wine [...]

PIWI varieties in Portugal

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  1. In 2021, after 35 years of constant effort, we were the first PIWI variety to finally succeed in producing a Geisenheimer breeding line after lengthy adaptation tests (selection from 38 genotypes that... [...]

PIWI ITALIA was founded

PIWI ITALIA was officially founded on Saturday December 2, 2023 during the “I Vini Piwi a Venezia” event.

The inauguration was attended by the new president Marco Stefanini , Head of Department [...]

PIWIS 2023 – Another tough testing year!

Haidegger Perspectives Department 10 – Agriculture and Forestry

We believed that the growing year 2023, with its strong infection conditions for vine downy mildew, would remain an exceptional year. But 2023 taught us otherwise.
Ing. Wolfgang [...]

World of flavors at PIWIs

SENSORIK Aroma profiles of wines made from PIWI grape varieties as a marketing aid and means of increasing acceptance.

Text and illustrations: Angus Price, Prof. Dr. Gergely Szolnoki and M.Sc. Barbara Richter, Geisenheim University
Source: the german wine industry 21/2023

Wine, [...]

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