Sonja Christ
Sonja Christ-Brendemühl (née Christ; born 1984), from the German wine region of Mosel ("Moselle"), was chosen as the 61st German Wine Queen on 9 Oct 2009 in the city of Heilbronn, as the successor to Marlies Dumbsky from the Franconian wine region. The Wine Princesses during her twelve-month reign were Christl Schäfer (Württemberg) and Isabell Kindle (Baden).[1]
Sonja Christ was born on 1 October 1984 in Oberfell and comes from a Moselle country vintner and innkeeping family. Her father, Alfred, is a restauranteur and her mother, Gabriele, runs the family vineyard. Until a few years ago she was the fifth generation of her family to run an inn. In 2004/05, the vintner's daughter became the wine queen of her local village of Oberfell. In 2008 she became the Moselle Wine Queen.[2]
Following her Abitur exams as the grammar school of Asterstein in Koblenz, Sonja Christ studied business economics from 2003 to 2008 with particular emphasis on marketing and organisation at the University of Mannheim ad spent a term at the ESC Grenoble (France) graduating with a business diploma. As well as her native language of German, she also speaks fluent English, French and Italian. Since Feb 2009 she has worked as a head wine taster at the wine magazine selection in Mainz.[3]
During her time in office, Sonja Christ conducted public engagements at home and abroad on behalf of the German wine industry. Her first appearance was at the German Wine Harvest Festival in Neustadt an der Weinstraße on 11 Oct 2009.[4] In May 2010 she was in Hong Kong at Vinexpo and, on 19 Aug 2010, she was in UK opening the Birmingham Winefest[5][6] and she completed her reign as the German Wine Queen by touring the German wine region of Rheingau.[7]
References
- ↑ Die Deutsche Weinkönigin 2009/2010 ist Sonja Christ aus Oberfell at weinfachberater.der-ultes.de. Retrieved 1 Oct 2013
- ↑ Sonja Christ ist 61. Deutsche Weinkönigin at weinverkostungen.de. Retrieved 1 Oct 2013
- ↑ 61. Deutsche Weinkönigin: Sonja Christ at www.weinkaiser.de. Retrieved 1 Oct 2013
- ↑ Germany's 61st Wine Queen is Crowned at www.germanwineusa.com. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013
- ↑ German Wine Queen opens Birmingham Winefest at birminghamnewsroom.com. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013
- ↑ German wine queen opens Winefest 2010 at www.birminghammail.co.uk. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013
- ↑ Farewell – Outgoing German Wine Queen Sonja Christ visits the Rhinegau at www.yoopress.com. Retrieved 11 Oct 2013
External links
- Sonja Christ ist Mosel-Weinkönigin at www.weinland-mosel.de. (German; pdf)
| Preceded by Marlies Dumbsky |
German Wine Queen 2009/2010 |
Succeeded by Mandy Großgarten |