Company information 2025
- 03.12.2025 Marcus Hofschuster publishes 175,000th wine review wein.plus-In the 25th year of his work at wein.plus, tasting director Marcus Hofschuster has published wein.plus published the 175,000th review. There are only a few tasters in the world who can look back on such a huge amount of experience.
- 25.04.2025 wein.plus honours the collections and discoveries of the 2024/25 tasting season Europe's largest independent wine platform honours 17 wineries with the Collections of the Year and ten wineries as Discoveries of the Year.
- 12.03.2025 Ralf Schumacher at the joint stand of wein.plus at the ProWein Former Formula 1 racing driver and TV presenter Ralf Schumacher will be presenting his wines on Monday 17 March at the Badischer Winzerkeller's joint stand at ProWein wein.plus-Joint stand at ProWein.
Company information 2024
- 17.12.2024 wein.plus achieves highest relevance and visibility in German-speaking countries In the Google ranking wein.plus the wine publication with the highest relevance and visibility in German-speaking countries. This is confirmed by figures from the internet analysis company Sistrix.
- 21.08.2024 wein.plus joins alliance against right-wing extremism in the Nuremberg metropolitan region Europe's largest wine platform wein.plus has joined the Alliance against Right-Wing Extremism in the European Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg.
- 24.05.2024 wein.plus launches "GOLDEN GRAPE AWARDS" A new wine competition format is launched at "GOLDEN GRAPE AWARDS". Winegrowers from German-speaking countries can boost confidence in their wines by winning attractive awards in five grape variety competitions.
- 24.04.2024 wein.plus honours the collections and discoveries of the 2023/24 tasting season Europe's largest independent wine platform honours 17 wine and sparkling wine estates with the Collections of the Year and two wineries as Discoveries of the Year.
- 06.02.2024 The WEINmesse Berlin is back! Hundreds of wine discoveries worldwide and for every budget in a listed location
Company information 2023
- 12.05.2023 wein.plus honours the collections and discoveries of the 2022/23 tasting season Europe's largest independent wine platform honours 17 wineries and one sparkling wine producer with the collections of the year and as discoveries of the year
- 10.03.2023 "We are facing a perfect storm" Prof Dr Simone Loose, Head of the Institute of Wine and Beverage Business at Hochschule Geisenheim University, talks to the editorial team wein.plus about the major economic problems that many German wineries are currently facing.
- 23.02.2023 wein.plus and Schlumberger jointly offer online tastings in the new wein.plus:club club High-quality online tastings with wines from the Schlumberger Group's top range will now take place once a month in the wein.plus:club will take place once a month.
- 17.01.2023 Schlumberger and wein.plus enter into exclusive co-operation Schlumberger's partners can now enjoy all the benefits of the European wine platform wein.plus and benefit from new digital formats
Company information 2022
- 12.10.2022 Big wein.plus-Special on the Italian wine region Etna DOC With a large special report wein.plus about the exciting development of the Etna DOC wine region in Sicily. Marcus Hofschuster and Kim Schreiber have evaluated over 150 wines, and the editorial team also provides detailed information on the development of the region, the terroir, wine culture and plenty of culinary insider tips.
- 09.06.2022 wein.plus presents Spanish DO Montsant with a comprehensive special With a large special wein.plus the best wines from the previously little-known Spanish DO Montsant. The editorial team complements the tasting of around 150 wines with articles on terroirs, travel destinations and culinary delights. DO President Pilar Just describes the prospects for the wine region in an interview.
- 12.05.2022 wein.plus and Bottlebooks agree on strategic cooperation for international wine events The European wine platform wein.plus and Bottlebooks, the Munich-based data management specialist specialising in the wine industry, have agreed on a comprehensive cooperation.
- 08.04.2022 wein.plus honours the collections and discoveries of the 2021/22 tasting season Europe's largest independent wine platform honours 28 wineries with the collections of the year and as discoveries of the year.
- 01.04.2022 wein.plus launches new series of comprehensive tasting specials "Blaufränkisch - Austria's red soul" is the first special with all the top wines - and everything that interests wine fans about the wines and their growing regions.
- 14.03.2022 Toni Askitis and wein.plus agree long-term collaboration Cooperation in the production of videos on Instagram, the use of editorial content and the wide-reaching newsletter wein.plus-Newsletter.
Company information 2021
- 06.12.2021 Marcus Hofschuster publishes 150,000th wine review The wein.plus-Tasting director Marcus Hofschuster published the 150,000th wine review on 3 December 2021. There are very few tasters in the world who can look back on such a large number of reviews. He began his work as a wine critic in 2000.
- 01.12.2021 On course for growth in Europe with innovation The European wine platform wein.plus in Erlangen will continue its sustainable growth in 2022 with innovations, new content and collaborations.
- 26.10.2021 "We have to preserve what has worked for 2,000 years" The Dean of Hochschule Geisenheim University and climate researcher Professor Dr Hans Reiner Schultz expects fundamental changes to work in viticulture in the coming years due to the effects of climate change. He explained this in an interview with the editors of the European Wine Platform wein.plus.
- 26.07.2021 wein.plus presents "Find & Buy", an innovative concept for networking wine offers The European wine platform wein.plus presents "Find & Buy", an innovative feature that combines - for the first time in the wine industry - the most rigorous wine reviews and independent reporting with the convenience of wine search engines.
- 12.07.2021 wein.plus honours the collections and discoveries of the 2020/21 tasting season wein.pluseurope's largest independent wine platform has awarded 26 wineries with the Collections of the Year and Discoveries of the Year.
- 24.06.2021 VinVenture and wein.plus cooperate in the promotion of young winemaking talent The European wine platform wein.plus has agreed a cooperation with the young winemaker community VinVenture. It is currently establishing itself as "Germany's first talent factory".
- 10.05.2021 wein.plus announces five-language offering for 2021 The wine platform wein.plus will offer its content in five languages in the course of 2021, thereby accelerating its strategy of European growth.
- 15.03.2021 More than 25,000 entries in the world's largest Wine lexicon The world's largest Wine lexicon on the digital platform wein.plus published its 25,000th entry a few days ago. It has established itself internationally as a reliable source of knowledge on the topic.
- 19.02.2021 More benefits, more advantages: wein.plus draws a positive balance for its members in 2020 The European wine platform wein.plus in Erlangen has drawn a particularly favourable balance sheet for itself and its members for 2020.
- 11.01.2021 English-language version of the wine platform wein.plus launched Complete website now available with all wine reviews, encyclopaedia entries, news and articles in English.
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