Sonja Christ

The Wine Princesses during her twelve-month reign were Christl Schäfer (Württemberg) and Isabell Kindle (Baden).

[1][2] Sonja Christ was born on 1 October 1984 in Oberfell and comes from a Moselle country vintner and innkeeping family.

Her father, Alfred, is a restaurateur, and her mother, Gabriele, runs the family vineyard.

[3] Following her Abitur exams at the grammar school of Asterstein in Koblenz, Sonja Christ studied business economics from 2003 to 2008 with particular emphasis on marketing and organisation at the University of Mannheim and spent a term at the ESC Grenoble (France) graduating with a business diploma.

As well as her native language of German, she also speaks fluent English, French and Italian.