For over 30 years, ProWein has served as a premier platform for global networking in the wine and spirits industry. This March, approximately 4,200 exhibitors from 65 countries showcased their wines and spirits across eleven exhibition halls.
The international trade event welcomed around 42,000 key professionals from 128 countries to connect with exhibitors, build meaningful business relationships and stay informed about the latest industry trends and developments.
Decanter was there, engaging with wine professionals, enthusiasts and subscribers. For the second consecutive year, the Decanter World Wine Awards(DWWA) team accepted wine sample drop-offs, allowing producers to hand-deliver their wines and ensuring safe, timely and cost-effective shipping for the 2025 competition in May.
At the Decanter stand visitors could taste a selection of award-winning wines from the 2024 competition and get Decanter’s latest issues and DWWA supplement.
At the Decanter stand, visitors and exhibitors had the opportunity to taste a curated selection of six 97-points wines from the 2024 competition, including rare finds from emerging wine regions. The lineup featured a vintage Champagne as well as exceptional white, red and fortified wines.
Each wine was accompanied by a wine card providing key details, including contact information, pricing and market availability–helping facilitate valuable business connections. The 2024 DWWA-awarded wines served as a perfect showcase of the high calibre of wines recognised at Decanter’s prestigious competition, offering producers exposure to international buyers.
DWWA 2024 medal winners showcased at the biggest wine trade fair.
Attendees also had the opportunity to discover Decanter, including our digital subscription, Decanter Premium (with a special offer available), along with copies of the latest February and March issues of our magazine and the DWWA supplement showcasing last year’s competition winners.
Decanter’s magazines and special premium offers at ProWein 2025.
‘In difficult sales times, ProWein shows it is the industry’s go-to trade fair where producers can successfully plan their business year. ProWein’s long-standing international profile and expertise is impressive proof of this and underpins its outstanding position in the highly competitive global trade fair market. We are very proud to have been on the market for over 30 years and to have developed such a unique networking and sales event’ explains Marius Berlemann, Chief Operating Officer of Messe Düsseldorf.
ProWein welcomed approximately 42,000 visitors from 128 countries and around 4,200 exhibitors from 65 nations.
Discover below the DWWA 2024 awarded wines showcased in Düsseldorf at the world’s largest wine trade fair.
ProWein 2026 promises to be another unmissable opportunity for global networking, with premium wines and sustainability expected to take center stage. Catch us at ProWein next year from 15 to 17 March 2026
Castelnau, Brut, Champagne, France 2006
Best in Show, 97 points
This Champagne – a classical blend of all three main Champagne varieties, with 50 per cent Chardonnay complemented by 30 per cent Pinot Noir and 20 per cent Pinot Meunier – comes from a warmer vintage than our Blanc de Blancs winner, and one that (with its fifteenth birthday now behind it) is beginning to be hard to find. Most remember the sunny, trouble-free June and July in 2006, but great Champagne needs a season with minor-key moments as well as major, and August of that vintage provided plenty of storm clouds and cool rain. The wine is still pale gold in colour in 2024, and its aromas are harmonious and enticing: look out for cream and cut white mushrooms as well as plump summer fruit. The palate has breadth and almost autumnal amplitude, yet retains freshness, nerve and poise. As we go to press, it’s at peak maturity and will stay there for a year or so. Alcohol 12.5%
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Source : https://www.decanter.com/decanter-world-wine-awards/prowein-2025-dwwa-top-awarded-wines-showcased-at-the-worlds-premier-trade-fair-553135/