Wine trade and spirits manufactory in Leer: over 1,000 wines, East Frisian spirits made in-house, 20 branches in the Northwest.

I.W.Wolff GmbH & Co. KG (Wein Wolff)

Leer · Leer (3 branches), Oldenburg (2), Emden (2), Jever, Bramsche, Brake, Wildeshausen, Bochum, Bad Zwischenahn and others.New on Amplifa

1800Founded

20Branch locations

over 1,000Wine varieties in the range

over 1,500 m²Wine cellar space in the parent house

7thGeneration in family ownership

About Wein Wolff

I.W.Wolff GmbH & Co. KG (Wein Wolff) is a family business founded in 1800 in Leer (East Frisia), today run in its seventh generation by Jan Wolff. The range comprises over 1,000 different wines from international growing regions, plus sparkling wines, champagnes, branded spirits and gifts. In the historic parent house Haus Samson on Rathausstraße, the company produces a variety of East Frisian and regional spirits under the I.W.Wolff Spirituosen brand: herbal extracts, aroma distillates and infusions are made in-house, and filtering, analysis and fully automated bottling also take place at the site; some recipes have been passed down through generations for over 100 years. Wine is stored in over 1,500 m² of historic vaulted cellars (some around 400 years old) at constant temperatures. The company operates 20 branches, an online shop with shipping, supplies to the gastronomy and wholesale sectors, and the digital museum Haus Samson.

Site: Leer
Processes: Spirits production in own manufactory (I.W.Wolff Spirituosen), Online shop with shipping, Wine consulting by sommelier, Gifts, digital museum Haus Samson, Gastronomy/wholesale supply, Cellar storage (wine cellar, historic vaults)
Materials: Spirits production, Wine storage
Certificates: Organic certification (eco control body), Fair & Green certified, Organic certification (DE-ÖKO-037), Fair & Green, ISO 9001
Founded: 1800
Industries: Wine trade, Spirits production/manufactory, Retail (20 branches), E-commerce, Gastronomy/hotels, Gastronomy/hotels (target group)

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Procurement/curation of wines (sommelier)
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Wine storage in historic vaulted cellars
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Spirits production (herbal extracts, aroma distillates, infusions)
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Filtering, analysis, fully automated bottling
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Distribution via 20 branches, wholesale/gastronomy and online shipping

Production & Storage

MANUFAKTUR

Spirits production

In-house production of herbal extracts, aroma distillates and infusions with high-quality neutral drinking alcohol and premium juices at the Leer site.

LAGER

Wine storage

Storage in over 1,500 m² of historic vaulted cellars at constant temperatures over long periods.

Locations

Leer

Parent house, wine storage, spirits production, Museum Haus Samson

Materials: Wine, spirits

Fully automated bottling
Historic vaulted cellars (>1,500 m²)

20 branches

Retail branches (among others Leer 3, Oldenburg 2, Emden 2, Jever, Bramsche, Brake, Wildeshausen, Bochum, Bad

Industries

Wine tradeSpirits production/manufactoryRetail (20 branches)E-commerceGastronomy/hotelsGastronomy/hotels (target group)

Additional services

Spirits production in own manufactory (I.W.Wolff Spirituosen)Online shop with shippingWine consulting by sommelierGiftsdigital museum Haus SamsonGastronomy/wholesale supplyCellar storage (wine cellar, historic vaults)

Reference customers

Frequencies: gastronomy and hotel customers as well as wholesale groups historically (according to

Quality & Certification

Organic certification by the eco control body DE-ÖKO-037; additionally the company is Fair & Green certified. Spirits are analysed before bottling.

Evidence	Leer
Organic certification (DE-ÖKO-037)
Fair & Green
ISO 9001

History

1800
Friedrich Groß founds the wine wholesale business in Leer in Haus Samson (Pfefferstraße/Rathausstraße); he falls in 1815 at Ligny.
1821/22
Johann Daniel Wilhelm Wolff takes over the company and names it J. W. Wolff.
1854
Claas August Carl Wolff takes over the company; J. W. Wolff later becomes I. W. Wolff.
1932
Acquisition of the company Philipp Greve-Stirnberg (Magiebitter 'Alter Schwede').
1965
Death of Claas Wolff; Luise 'Ite' Wolff takes over the management.
1972
Fritz Wolff joins the company.
1990
Acquisition of the spirits factory and wine trade J. C. Winter, Aurich.
1993
Acquisition of the grain distillery N.U. Sebens, Leer.
1995
Acquisition of U. Groenefeld, Norden (with W. J. Fisser, Emden).
2003/2008/20
Award as 'Wine Retailer of the Year' (Weinwirtschaft, Meininger Verlag).
2019
Specialist retail prize of the German Wine Institute.
2020
Joined the FairCommerce initiative (21.07.2020).
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Jan Wolff runs the company in its 7th generation.