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Nadine Poss Is Germany's 65th Wine Queen
Information and photos - www.deutscheweine.de
Nahe, Main and Rhein – the
2013/14 wine crowns will be
located alongside these three
German rivers. Nadine Poss
(22) from Windesheim in the
Nahe region was elected 65th
German wine queen. She will be
supported by Ramona Diegel
from the wine growing region of
Rheinhessen as well as Sabine
Wagner from the Rheingauregion,
both German wine
princesses.
All three will be working on
a n s u p r a r e g i o n a l a n d
international level.
Deafening jubilance of
supporter's clubs flared up in
Offenburg when the results of
t h e 8 0 - h e a d - j u r y w a s
announced by Monika Reule, CEO of the German Wine Institute.
This year's German Wine Crown will go to the small wine growing region
"Nahe", Reule said at 10.14 p.m., at the end of the 2-hour live TV-show.
On September 13th, six finalists stood in front of 1.000 spectators and live
television-cameras in order to convince the jury with wine knowledge,
charisma and spontaneity. They had to solve stylistic as well as oenological
questions. Nadine Poss was best in solving riddles that can only be solved
with vast wine knowledge.
In an elegant strapless
evening dress the sportive
student of viniculture showed
strong nerves and enormous
charm. The 22-year-old from the
family winery Poss in the wine
growing region Nahe likes
climbing and spent half a year
with a guest family in Spain. In
the preliminary decision Nadine
proved her affinity to languages
and foreign countries also with
her faultless command of
English. With her impressively
confident performance she had
then already won the hearts of
the jury.
Ramona Diegel and Sabine
Wagner had also given dazzling
presentations during the
preliminary decision. On Friday
evening they had impressed with
Julia Bertram (left) crowns her successor
Nadine Poss, 65th German wine queen.
Germany's 2013/2014 Wine Majesties: from
left to right Princess Sabine Wagner from
Hochheim (Rheingau), German Wine Queen
Nadine Poss from Windesheim (Nahe) and
Princess Ramona Diegel from Pfaffen-
Schwabenheim (Rheinhessen).
flawless performances. Ramona stood out with her description of the aromas
of the presented white wine, Sabine furthermore with quick-wittedness and
urbane charm. “It will be more exciting than ever”, host Holger Wienpahl
announced at the beginning of the show and didn’t promise too much: to
choose the winners out of the strong finalist sextet was extremely difficult this
year for the jury consisting of 80 politicians, wine experts and media people.
For the first time ever the finale was divided into two parts: initially the
group of three who will be wearing a wine crown was chosen out of the six
finalists. The final division of the roles of queen and princesses was decided
with final speeches in which the three depicted a special experience in their
lives. Nadine Poss described quite lyrically a hike with her family through
Norwegian ice and ended with the statement “this is what initiated my
pleasure of travelling abroad and getting to know other people and cultures.”
Then the jury knew: here stands an excellent wine expert with a high format
for the international stage.
”I didn’t expect this at all“ the completely overwhelmed new German wine
queen spluttered with tears in her eyes. “I’m very proud to represent the
German winemakers for a year”, she said. And the newly crowned wine
princess Sabine Wagner added “We are black-red-gold”, hinting to the hair
colours of the three wine majesties and their role as new German wine trio.
Germany - Best Pinot Noir Wine Worldwide
Germany's wine producing association "Dagernova Weinmanufaktur" won
the internationally reknowned Decanter-Trophy for "Heimersheimer
Kapellenberg" Pinot Noir (2011). According to the World Wine Award's jury,
the best Pinot Noir of this contest comes from Germany.
In total, Wines of Germany achieved 111 awards at this year's Decanter
World Wine Awards, i.e. 4 trophys, 86 medals und 21 recommendations. A
record number of 14.000 wines were tested. Find the following list of German
winners.
The German Sweet over £15 Trophy is held by Bischöflichen Weingüter
(Mosel) for "Kanzemer Altenberg Riesling Beerenauslese 2010".
The German Red over £15 Trophy is held by Dagernova Weinmanufaktur
(Ahr) for "Heitersheimer Kapellenberg Spätburgunder 2011".
10 The HBH News July / Aug / Sept / 2013