With the support of Hochschule Geisenheim University and VEG - Geisenheim Alumni Association e. V., director Christoph Koch has spent the past two years producing a film "about courageous women, a wine-mad British man and a changing culture". In the documentary WeinWeiblich, he accompanies wine critic Stuart Pigott, three Geisenheim alumnae Dr. Eva Vollmer, Silke Wolf and Theresa Breuer as well as international wine business student Carolin Weiler on their way to producing a completely different kind of dry Riesling. The film created by frames2art will be available for viewing on the online streaming service PantaRay.tv from April 22 to 26, 2020.

True to Vollmer's motto that "you must love what you do", the film is a heart-warming portrayal of four passionate women facing the challenges and responsibilities that come with being a wine-grower. The youngest, Geisenheim student Carolin Weiler, was selected by Pigott, who himself studied for two semesters as a guest auditor at Hochschule Geisenheim University, and Koch from among Geisenheim students in early 2018.

The first female student completed her viticulture studies (then still called viticulture and beverage technology) at Geisenheim in 1971. Today the proportion of female students enrolled in the Viticulture and Enology Bachelor's degree program is around 30 percent. The gender structure in the International Wine Business degree program is well balanced. In fact, the percentage of female students enrolled in the English-language International Wine Business degree program is slightly higher. Women are increasingly shaping the wine industry by taking up positions of responsibility in enological and business-related fields, thus giving the sector a completely new image.

If you would like to stream the online premiere, please visit www.weinweiblich.de for further information. Hochschule Geisenheim University is also planning to show the film at Geisenheim's Lindentheater and at an open-air screening on the Domplatz square in front of the cathedral during the year.