Despite a decline of 1% in volume to 200m litres, exports of German wines rose by 2% in value to €398m in the 12 months through June 2008, according to statistics released by the Deutsches Wine Institute (DWI). Announcing the figures, Monika Reule, the managing director of the DWI, declared herself satisfied with the results, adding: “Turnover of all German wine exports has increased by 43% since 2000. Given the limited size of Germany’s vineyard area, we are more interested in value than volume”. (Source: Wine Business International.com)