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The WineBarn Win the IWC Award for Specialist German Wine Merchant 2021

The WineBarn team (Iris, Angi, Luca, Kate & Blu) are delighted to have won the prestigious IWC Award 2021 for ‘Specialist Merchant of the Year for Germany’ for the fifth consecutive year. - "I am over the moon that The WineBarn have won! Our little team worked extremely hard to find new markets during the pandemic. With the disappearance of the restaurant trade for the past 18 months, we focused on retail and consumers which was incredibly challenging as we almost had to start from scratch. However, it has been exhilarating and very rewarding converting wine lovers to German wine, and offering them a new experience which they might otherwise not have had."- Iris Ellmann, Managing Director - Judged by...

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New VDP Sekt Classifications

The VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter), which is Germany’s association of elite wine producers and a guarantee of quality, have created new classifications for Germany’s sparkling wines (Sekt). There are two standards of sekt - VDP.SEKT and VDP.SEKT.PRESTIGE.

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