The "German Wine Institute" is an organisation of the German wine industry. It was founded in 1949 under the name "Deutsche Weinwerbung GmbH". Together with the DWF (German Wine Fund), the organisation was based in the "House of German Wine" in Mainz(Rhineland-Palatinate).
In Aril 2016, both moved into an office building in the municipality of Bodenheim, which is directly adjacent to Mainz, and the address was specifically changed to "Platz des Weines 2". Together with the DWF, the DWI has been promoting the sales and quality of German wines since the late 1940s. In 2007, agricultural engineer Monika Reule took over the management of the DWI as successor to Holger W. Kirsten. There are around a dozen "Information Offices for German Wine" in the most important foreign markets for wine exports, such as London, New York and Tokyo.
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