Niko Brandner is proof that one doesn’t need a family in the wine business nor many years of experience to start one’s own wine brand and lead it to success. Niko was a young banker in Frankfurt when he realized that wearing suits and working 9-5 every day was not enough for him. He was 25, successful and miserable. It was then and there that he decided he would go into wine-making. He studied viticulture for 3 years and was subsequently offered a job running the sparkling winery Griesel which he has since turned into one of Germany‘s most eminent Sekt (sparkling wine) producers.