Family-owned winery and wine cellar in Nierstein: Riesling, Burgundy varieties, sparkling wine and non-alcoholic wine beverages from Rheinhessen
Louis Guntrum Weinkellerei GmbH
Nierstein (DE) · Oppenheim (DE, historical business seat) · Bensheim (DE, historical founding seat)New on Amplifa
Winery and Wine Cellar in Nierstein
Louis Guntrum Weinkellerei GmbH is a winery with wine cellar founded in 1824 in Bensheim and still family-owned today, located in Nierstein (Rheinhessen). The company cultivates renowned vineyard sites on the Nierstein Red Slope and in the Oppenheim slope, including Oelberg, Pettenthal, Hipping, Orbel, Sackträger and Kreuz, on soils of red sandstone, limestone and loam. It produces Riesling and Burgundy wines at all quality levels from entry-level liter wines to Grosses Gewächs, bottle-fermented sparkling wine, and nobly sweet wines such as Beerenauslese and Eiswein. In addition, the house offers dealcoholized wine beverages under the Zero Heroes® range. According to the company, its wines are exported to more than 50 countries. The Nierstein estate comprises the wine cellar, pressing hall, tasting area and an event terrace directly on the Rhine; the business is run by Konstantin Guntrum and Stephanie Steichele-Guntrum in the eleventh generation.
- Site
- Nierstein
- Processes
- Wine tastings by appointment, Event venue: pressing hall and sun terrace for events, Online shop with direct sales
- Materials
- Riesling, Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir), Weissburgunder, Grüner Silvaner, Scheurebe, Dornfelder, Red Sandstone (Rotliegendes), Limestone and slope debris loam
- Founded
- 1824
- Industries
- Viticulture, Wine cellar / wine trade, Non-alcoholic wine beverages (dealcoholization)
- 01
Viticulture in own vineyard sites
- 02
Harvest
- 03
Pressing and vinification in the wine cellar
- 04
Bottling
- 05
Direct sales and export
Vineyard Sites, Soils and Grape Varieties
Riesling
Central grape variety of the house, especially on the Red Slope and in the Oelberg, Pettenthal, Hipping and Sackträger sites.
Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
Red wine, matured in large wooden casks and barrique.
Weissburgunder
Elegant, finely structured white wine as an accompaniment to food.
Grüner Silvaner
Dry wine, among others in liter bottles, grown among others in the Niersteiner Paterberg site.
Scheurebe
Spicy, varietal-typical aroma; offered off-dry in liter bottles.
Dornfelder
Dry red wine from Rheinhessen.
Red Sandstone (Rotliegendes)
Soil of the Pettenthal, Rehbach and Orbel sites, which holds the daytime heat into the night.
Limestone and slope debris loam
Soil of the Oppenheim sites such as Sackträger and Kreuz.
Locations
Nierstein
DEHeadquarters, winery, wine cellar, sales
- Materials
- Riesling, Burgundy varieties, Silvaner
- Wine cellar
- Pressing hall (1974)
- High-bay warehouse
- Sun terrace
Oppenheim
DEHistorical business seat (Wormser Straße, 1909; viticulture relocated to Nierstein in 1982)
- Manor house
- Wine cellar (1909)
Bensheim
DEHistorical founding seat (cooperage and wine trade, 1824)
Wines and Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History of the Guntrum Family
- 1648
Guntrum family documented as coopers and innkeepers (Wörrstadt, from 1792 Bergstraße)
- 1824
Foundation of the wine cellar by Ludwig Philipp Guntrum in Bensheim (cooperage, wine trade, inn Zur Sonne)
- 1867
Wines exhibited at the World Exhibition in Paris
- 1909
Louis J. G. Guntrum acquires the manor house and wine cellar in Oppenheim with approx. 7 ha of vineyard
- 1912–1917
Takeover of the Wallot wine cellar (Oppenheim) and purchase of a house on the Rheinallee, Nierstein
- 1923–1924
Construction of a large modern wine cellar in Nierstein
- 1935
Hermann and Hanns Louis Guntrum join as the 9th generation; exports to Finland, Brazil, Ceylon, Burma, Poland, England, Ireland, USA; approx. 30 ha of vineyard
- 1945
Villa in Nierstein and property in Oppenheim seized by the Allies, released in 1949
- 1950er
Exports to more than 80 countries, contacts especially to England re-established
- 1974
New pressing hall on Wörrstädter Straße commissioned; sales office in Great Britain
- 1982
Viticulture relocated from Oppenheim to Nierstein
- 1985
Glycol wine scandal: major customers such as British Airways cancel, export share declines
- Heute
Led by Konstantin Guntrum and Stephanie Steichele-Guntrum in the 11th generation