Great joy for GWF: The 2009 DLG GOLD MEDAL! In October 2009 Michael Schweinberger, Andreas Oehm and Christian Baumann, representing all of the vintners of GWF, took the highest honor in Germany for a wine producer:
In an important annual competition, the German Federal Food, Beverage, and Agriculture Ministry for consumer protection recognizes "the elite of the German wine industry." The formal event took place on the evening of Tuesday, the 27th of October 2009 in Heilbronn, Germany. 500 guests met in order to congratulate and to celebrate this year's "cream of the wine crop" of Germany.