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Syrian refugee crowned German ‘wine queen’

Syrian refugee crowned German 'wine queen' | iNFOnews.ca
Being crowned by her predecessor, 26-year-old former Syrian refugee Ninorta Bahno is crowned, becoming the first former refugee in Germany to be crowned Wine Queen of Trier, in the town of Trier, southern Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. Ninorta Bahno was a Syrian refugee who fled to Germany in 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

BERLIN – A 26-year-old Syrian student has become the first refugee to be crowned queen of one of Germany’s wine-making regions.

Ninorta Banho was crowned ‘wine queen’ Wednesday by a group of vintners in Trier, an ancient town near Germany’s western border with Luxembourg.

The Syriac Christian, who fled the war in Syria 3 1/2 years ago, will spend the next year representing the winemakers of Trier-Olewig at dozens of events in the Moselle region.

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This story has been corrected to change the spelling of the surname from Bahno to Banho in text, picture captions.

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