Nadine Poss
Nadine Poss (born 1991), from Windesheim in the German wine region of Nahe, was chosen as the 65th German Wine Queen on 13 September 2013 in Offenburg as the successor to Julia Bertram from the Ahr wine region.[1][2] She thus became the eighth German Wine Queen from the Nahe. The wine princesses during her twelve-month reign are Ramona Diegel (Rheinhessen) and Sabine Wagner (Rheingau). The German Wine Queen is traditionally crowned in the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße. By exception that year the ceremony took place in Offenburg. The occasion was the 100th anniversary of the Baden Vintners' Association.
Life
[edit]Nadine Poss was born on 8 May 1991 and grew up in Windesheim in the county of Bad Kreuznach at her parents' vineyard, the Weingut Poss, which is one of the leading Burgundy vineyards in the Nahe valley. From 1997 to 2001 she went to the primary school in Guldental and from 2001 to 2010 to the Alfred Delp School in Hargesheim. After her Abitur exams she went to Spain for six months, where she lived with an Andalusian family and went to school locally to learn Spanish.
In 2010 she underwent a placement in wine exporting at Schloss Johannisberg and the Bingen winery of Reh Kendermann. Since 2011 she has been studying international winemaking at the Hochschule Geisenheim. She sees her future at her parents vineyard.[3]
On 10 November 2012 she was elected as the regional wine queen of the Nahe valley.[4][5]
As Germany's national wine ambassador, Poss has travelled around the world in her role promoting German wines. In June 2014 she helped to launch the "Riesling Weeks" campaign in Hong Kong, joining the Consul General of Germany at a special dinner to celebrate the event.[6][7][8] Later that month, Poss was in Canada to host "Generation Riesling" in Vancouver,[9] and, in July 2014, Poss hosted the "Summer of Riesling Concert Cruise" in New York Harbor as part of the "31 Days of German Riesling" in the United States.[10]
In Jan 2015 she was interviewed by Cru Magazine, who described her as "the representative of the German wine industry."[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Nadine Poss von der Nahe zur neuen Deutschen Weinkönigin gewählt by Thomas Ehlke at allgemeine-zeitung.de on13 Sep 2013
- ^ Gekrönt: Nadine Poss von der Nahe ist Deutsche Weinkönigin / Offenburg – Die Studentin Nadine Poss aus Windesheim bei Bad Kreuznach in Rheinland-Pfalz ist neue Deutsche Weinkönigin. by Jürgen Ruf, dpa for the online version of Rhein-Zeitung dated 14 September 2013
- ^ Studentin aus Rheinland-Pfalz wird Deutsche Weinkönigin 2013 / Offenburg – Die Studentin Nadine Poss aus Windesheim bei Bad Kreuznach in Rheinland-Pfalz ist neue Deutsche Weinkönigin. at proplanta.de dated 14 September 2013
- ^ Nadine Poss ist Naheweinkönigin 2012/2013 Archived 2 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine at wochenspiegellive.de date 12 November 2012
- ^ Windesheimerin Nadine Poss neue Naheweinkönigin – Am heutigen Montag großer Empfang / Bad Kreuznach – Nadine Poss aus Windesheim ist die neue Weinkönigin an der Nahe. Vorgängerin Carolin Klumb selbst krönte sie am Samstagabend im voll besetzten Kurhaussaal von Bad Kreuznach. von Gustl Stumpf für die Rhein-Zeitung dated 11 November 2012
- ^ 30 Days of Riesling to Hit HK at thedrinksbusiness.com. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ Riesling Weeks Hong Kong from 1 to 30 Jun 2014 Archived 7 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine at hongkong.diplo.de. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ MGM celebrates German Riesling Week Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at macaudailytimes.com.mo. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ Summer of Love: Riesling and Rosé at winediva.ca. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ Celebrate Germany's Most Famous Wine Varietal this July with the "31 Days of German Riesling". at PRNewswire.com. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ Interview with German Wine Queen at www.cru-magazine.com. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
External links
[edit]- The family vineyard
- 2013 Wine Queen Competition: Candidate Nadine Poss from the Nahe at deutscheweine.de
- Official website of the German Wine Queen
Allgemeine Zeitung:
- Keine Angst vor steilen Klippen – Hobby-Bergsteigerin Nadine Poss aus Windesheim zieht souverän ins Finale ein by Thomas Ehlke on 9 September 2013
- Vom Fernweh fasziniert – Nadine Poss aus Windesheim stellt sich der Wahl by Beate Vogt-Gladigau on 7 November 2012