OPENING THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
German Wine Princess
Christina
Specht
A world traveler from a wine-growing family in the Middle
Rhine region will open the German Wine Society 25th
Anniversary Celebration.
The currently reigning German Wine Princess, Christina
Specht, will bring the greetings of the German Wine Industry to
the opening reception of the German Wine Society’s Gala 25th
Anniversary Celebration. The
reception will be held on May 17, from
6:30-9:00 PM
at the German Embassy House,
1900 Foxhall Road, NW
,
Washington
,
DC
.
Christina Specht was born in October 1977 in
Koblenz
and grew up in the Hunsrück region between the two wine growing
regions
Mosel
and Middle Rhine. Her mother’s family inherited a wine estate
in Poltersdorf (
Mosel
region). Her mother
was German Wine Princess herself when she was Christina’s age
and works today as manager for the wine promotion board of the
Middle Rhine region.
The Princess grew up with everything
dealing with wine from an early age on. After finishing high
school in Boppard, a famous wine-producing town in the Middle
Rhine region, she proceeded to study English, biology, and
sports at the
University
of
Heidelberg
in 1996. In 1998/1999 she spent a year studying English and
marine biology at the University of
Wales
, Aberystwyth in
Great Britain
. She then returned
to
Heidelberg
to finish her studies to prepare for a career in education.
In 2000 she applied for the position as the
Middle RhineWine Queen and then spent most of the year 2001
travelling around the Middle Rhine region and all over
Germany
to promote wines from that region and to represent the growers
at different events. At the end of 2001 she was selected from
thirteen candidates from all wine-growing regions to become the
German Wine Princess. Whenever time permits, she travels the
world as German Wine Princess.
Presently the Princess is finishing her
final thesis on the genetic differences between Burgundy-style
grape varieties.
In her leisure time she enjoys
relaxing with a self-prepared meal and a good glass of wine in
the company of friends, reading, and participating in sports,
especially jazz and modern dance.