Julia Bertram (born 1989) from Dernau in the German wine region of Ahr was crowned as the 64th German Wine Queen on 29 September 2012 in the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße as the successor to Annika Strebel from the Rheinhessen wine region.[1][2][3] The German Wine Princesses during her twelve-month reign were Natalie Henninger from Baden and Anna Hochdörffer from the Palatinate.[4]
Life
editJulia Bertram was born on 24 December 1989 and initially went to St. Martin's Primary School in Dernau and the Kloster Kalvarienberg grammar school in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler.[5] Subsequently, she underwent a placement at the vineyard of Ahr vintner, Werner Näkel, before studying viticulture and oenology, alongside her predecessor, in Geisenheim. In 2012 she was awarded her Bachelor of Science degree for this course.[6] Her aim was to complete a semester in "International Winemaking" at the same college.[7]
From 10 June 2011[8] to September 2012, Bertram was the Ahr Wine Queen before she took part in the German Wine Queen competition.
References
edit- ^ Julia Bertram aus Dernau ist 64. Deutsche Weinkönigin. Archived 31 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wochenspiegellive.de on1 Oct 2012
- ^ Julia Bertram aus Rheinland-Pfalz – Neue Deutsche Weinkönigin gekrönt. fr-online.de on 30 September 2012
- ^ Andrea Simons: Julia Bertram aus Dernau holt sich den Titel In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn), 1 October 2012
- ^ So schön ist Deutschlands neue Weinkönigin. In: Augsburger Allgemeine, 30 September 2012
- ^ "Ahrweiköniginnen". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ ""Der Oenologe" – BDO gratuliert den Absolventen 2012", Der Deutsche Weinbau (in German), Neustadt an der Weinstraße: Meininger Verlag, 2012, ISSN 0944-3177
- ^ Andrea Löbbecke: Na dann, Prost: Julia Bertram ist Deutsche Weinkönigin. at sz-online.de
- ^ Reisetagebuch der Ahrweinkönigin Julia Bertram. Archived 13 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine ahrwein.de, 2 October 2012
External links
edit
- aw-wiki.de
- Family vineyard
- Information by the German Wine Institute
- Julia Bertram aus Dernau ist neue Deutsche Weinkönigin. rhein-zeitung.de on 1 October 2012
- Julia Bertram aus Dernau ist neue Deutsche Weinkönigin. rhein-zeitung.de on 30 September 2012
- Andrea Löbbecke: Na dann, Prost: Julia Bertram ist Deutsche Weinkönigin. sz-online on 30 September 2012
- Julia Bertram will viele neue Freunde für deutschen Wein gewinnen. WAZ derwesten.de on 30 September 2012