Man becomes wine queen after no blond beauties found

When no successor could be found for the current wine queen in the German town of Kesten, Sven Finke joked, “If you don’t find anyone, I'll be the new queen”. Little did he know that his lighthearted offer would become reality.

Bedecked in a white robe, a velvet shawl and a laurel wreath, Sven Finke doesn’t fit the stereotype of the traditional wine queen - a beautiful young girl wearing a dirndl.

But on August 12th, the 25-year-old law student and vineyard-owner will be the first ever man to be crowned wine queen for the town of Kesten in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

It wasn't his charming eyes or gleaming smile that won him the title though, it was rather to do with the fact that there weren’t exactly queues of women volunteering for the role. In fact, none did at all.

Michael Beer, the village mayor, explained that doing without an “Ambassador for Wine” would have been out of the question: The tiny town of Kesten only has a population of 350 people, but it is home to a massive 25 wine businesses and is reliant on the grape for its economic survival.

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