Marlies Dumbsky, a 22-year-old vintner from Franken, was crowned Germany's new wine queen on 10 October 2008. She was among the six finalists who were selected from the wine queens from each of Germany's 13 wine-growing regions at a suspenseful preliminary election six days earlier. In addition to being professionally knowledgeable, candidates had to demonstrate the ability to be quick-witted, articulate, and able to converse in English.
 The outgoing wine queen, Evelyn Schmidt from Sachsen, summed up her reign as “quite a year...grandiose, exceptional and unforgettable.” Now, Marlies Dumbsky and two wine princesses – Andrea Köninger from Baden (right) and Sarah Schmitt (left) from the Nahe – will have a chance to share their enthusiasm for German wine at hundreds of wine presentations and events throughout the world during the coming twelve months. All three women are from traditional family wine estates and thoroughly familiar with winemaking and marketing.
It was not an easy task for the jury to cast their votes. According to Monika Reule, managing director of the German Wine Institute/Mainz: “All the candidates were worthy of being elected German wine queen.”
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