Fact File
The grapes are gathered by hand as it was done by our ancestors to guarantee
that only first class gathered grapes will be made to wine.
Lorenzkellerei – the Winery
- Family enterprise since 1795
- origin of name: naming after Lorenz (2nd christian name of Herbert Lorenz Straub) + the German word for winery – "Kellerei"
- in 1997 taken over by his son Lothar Straub
The Winedresser
- Lothar Straub, born in 1969 - Dipl. Ing. Viniculture & Oenology
- apprenticeship as a cellarman at the Hofkeller in Würzburg
- studies of viniculture & oenology in Geisenheim
Cultivation Area / Region
- The cultivation area for vines in Franconia comprises 14,927.9 acres of vineyards and is therefore the 6th largest in Germany
- Total cultivation area for vines in Germany: 256,994.4 acres
- Valley of the river Main
Vineyards
- Großheubacher Bischofsberg (partly terraced)
- Klingenberger Schlossberg (completely terraced)
- Rücker Schalk
Soil
- Soil of new red sandstone. The slopes along the river Main with their sunny terraces of new red sandstone – that is where our grapes mature. The soil of new red sandstone in our region - with its capacity to be warmed up easily- is highly appropriate for red wine. Traditionally our red wines are solely cultivated in oak casks.
Sort of vines
- 60% red wine and 40% white wine
- Spätburgunder, Portugieser, Dornfelder, Domina, St. Laurent, Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Kerner, Weissburgunder, Bacchus
Specialities
- selected Spätburgunder as well as our Cuvée Prinz Rouge cultivated in barrique
- selected Franconian quality sorts of wine and attributed sorts of wine
- home-made destillates and liqueurs
- sparkling wine of Riesling
Events
- seasonally opened wine-tavern in March and November
- wine festival in the park of Großheubach (June)
- professional wine tastings
Overnight Stays
- Holiday apartment "The Wine-Prince" for up to 5 persons
- Holiday apartment “Häckerboden” for up to 4 persons