Wine
Never too young to start an empire
At the age of 10, Christina proudly told the audience at her primary school graduation ceremony that she was going to be a winemaker. "What is that?" her classmates asked her. "Wine farmer," she answered resolutely.
Christina kept her sights set on this goal and eventually turned her dream into reality. From an early age, she helped her father, Rainer Wess, label his wine bottles and spent a lot of time in the cellar during harvest. She attended the Austrian trade fair VieVinum for the first time at the age of 12, proving the maxim "practice makes perfect".
After lower secondary school, Christina attended the prestigious viticulture school in Klosterneuburg near Vienna. She went abroad after graduation, gaining valuable experience in top wineries and forging contacts who continue to influence her work in the cellar today.
The Burgundy relaxation
One of Christina's great role models is Guillaume d'Angerville, with whom she worked at the Marquis d'Angerville vineyard in Volnay, Burgundy in 2018.
There she learned on the job that a great vineyard can produce great wine. Following this principle, Christina now runs her own winery, which, along with her husband David, she took over from her father in 2023. The flagship wines of Wess Winery are the particularly high-quality Kremstal single vineyard Rieslings. These are matured for longer to give them the time and rest they need to develop into great wines.
Kremstal pioneer
Christina is not just a pioneer who has helped the Kremstal wine region be seen in a new light, but she is also setting a new example for many young women. Making a great wine today no longer depends on physical strength, but on tact, professional knowledge, organisational talents and the ability to transform the character of outstanding vineyards into emotional wines with soul.
