Annika Strebel
Annika Strebel (born 1987), from the German wine region of Rheinhessen, was chosen as the 63rd German Wine Queen on 30 Sep 2011 in the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, as the successor to Mandy Großgarten from the Ahr wine region.[1] The German Wine Princesses supporting her during her twelve-month reign were Elisabeth Born (Saale-Unstrut) and Ramona Sturm (Moselle).
Family
Her father, Reimund Strebel, is a winemaking engineer at his own vineyard in Wintersheim, and her mother, Ingrid, is a domestic science teacher.
Training
Annika Strebel was born on 3 Dec 1987 in Worms and initially attended the Nikolaus Krämer primary school (1994–1998) and St Katherine's grammar school in Oppenheim (1998–2005). Thereafter, she successfully completed her training as a vintner in 2008 at the DLR Rheinhessen-Nahe-Hunsrück in Oppenheim. She worked at several well-known vineyards such as the Schales Vineyard in Flörsheim-Dalsheim, the Weingut Rappenhof in Alsheim and the Weingut Rebholz in Siebeldingen (Palatinate). In the years 2008 and 2009 she attended Bad Kreuznach Technical College. Subsequently, she studied viticulture and oenology at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Geisenheim Department (see also →Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute).
Time as wine queen
From Sep 2010 to Sep 2011, Strebel was the Rheinhessen Wine Queen,[2][3] before taking part in the German Wine Queen competition.
References
- ^ Die 63. Deutsche Weinkönigin heißt Annika Strebel und kommt aus Rheinhessen in Allgemeine Zeitung von Thomas Ehlke, as at: 30 Sep 2011
- ^ Annika Strebel in Mainz zur 61. rheinhessischen Weinkönigin gekrönt in Rhein Main Presse von Thomas Ehlke, as at: 26 Sep 2010
- ^ Annika Strebel ist neue rheinhessische Weinkönigin as at: 26 Sep 2010
External links
- http://www.weingut-strebel.de/
- Rheinhessen: Annika Strebel
- Video clip: The crowning of the 63rd German Wine Queen, SWR Television on Friday, 30 Sep 2011
- Rudolf Knoll im Gespräch mit Annika Strebel - Deutsche Weinkönigin 2011/12, on 6 Oct 2011