Family-run winery for bulk wine, sparkling wine base wine, non-alcoholic wine, organic wine, grape juice and private labels
Weinkellerei Adam Trautwein GmbH & Co. KG
Lonsheim · Westhofen · Meddersheim · HajósNew on Amplifa
About us
Weinkellerei Adam Trautwein GmbH & Co. KG is a fourth-generation family-run company headquartered in Lonsheim (Rheinhessen). From the viticultural business of founder Adam Trautwein in 1909, a corporate group centred on the product wine evolved. The company supplies bulk wine of all quality levels from Germany and Hungary, sparkling wine base wine, organic wine, German grape juice as well as non-alcoholic and low-alcohol wine. In addition, it offers contract bottling through its subsidiary Füll Gut GmbH, contract de-alcoholisation from 2,000 litres using vacuum rectification, unlabelled stock goods, trade and private labels as well as quality projects with producer cooperatives. With a storage capacity of 64 million litres and a grape processing volume of 25 million kilograms per year, Trautwein serves B2B customers from the wine trade, beverage industry and food retail. Further facilities are located in Westhofen, Meddersheim (Nahe) and Hajós (Hungary); its own tanker haulage company (Rösch GmbH, 22 tank trucks) ensures logistics.
- Site
- Lonsheim
- Processes
- Contract bottling (via Füll Gut GmbH), Contract de-alcoholisation from 2,000 litres, Private labels/trade brands/white label, Quality projects, Unlabelled stock goods (juices, non-alcoholic wines, sparkling wines), Tank transport haulage (Rösch GmbH, 22 tank trucks), Non-alcoholic and low-alcohol wines, Organic wine and organic grape juice
- Materials
- Cold fermentation, Electrodialysis, De-alcoholisation, Filtration technology
- Certificates
- IFS (higher level), SGF International, DE-Öko-005 (organic certification), DLG certification, DE-Öko-005, DLG
- Founded
- 1909
- Employees
- 60 (Germany)
- Industries
- Wine trade (B2B bulk wine, sparkling wine base wine), Beverage industry, Food retail (private labels)
- 01
Grape and must purchase from producers
- 02
Grape intake
- 03
Vinification (including 100 % cold fermentation)
- 04
Treatment and filtration (electrodialysis, separator, cross flow, decanter)
- 05
Storage (64 million litre tank farm)
- 06
De-alcoholisation (vacuum rectification)
- 07
Bottling (Füll Gut GmbH)
- 08
Tank transport (Rösch GmbH)
Process Technology
Cold fermentation
All wines are fermented using cold fermentation with cooled storage.
Electrodialysis
Process for stabilising the wines in the winery process.
De-alcoholisation
Gentle vacuum rectification for producing non-alcoholic and low-alcohol wines, as a contract service from 2,000 litres.
Filtration technology
Modern filtration with separator, cross flow and decanter.
Locations
Lonsheim
DEHeadquarters, winery
- Materials
- Bulk wine, non-alcoholic wine, grape juice
- De-alcoholisation plant (vacuum rectification)
- Anaerobic wastewater treatment plant
- Laboratory
- Filtration (separator, cross flow, decanter)
Westhofen
DEFacility with grape intake, seat of Füll Gut GmbH (contract bottling)
- Materials
- Wine, juice, carbonated products
- State-of-the-art filling line
Meddersheim
DEFacility with grape intake (Nahe wine-growing region)
Hajós
HUWinery (Trautwein Hungaria Kft.)
- Materials
- Bulk wine
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality
Quality is ensured through permanent checks in the company's own laboratory during vinification as well as long-term supply and purchase agreements with the producers. Certifications according to IFS (higher level), SGF International, DE-Öko-005 and DLG demonstrate the quality requirements.
| Evidence | Lonsheim |
|---|---|
| IFS (higher level) | |
| SGF International | |
| DE-Öko-005 | |
| DLG |
History
- 1909
Adam Trautwein founds the viticulture and wine trading company.
- 1948
Wilhelm Trautwein continues the business.
- 1953
Erna and Wilhelm Trautwein run the company; new stainless steel tank farm as the cornerstone of expansion.
- 1986
Founding of the wine agency St. Margaret's GmbH for the purchase of grapes and must.
- 1989
Wolfgang Trautwein takes over the management; storage capacity multiplied to 64 million litres.
- 1994
Commissioning of the world's first anaerobic treatment plant for viticulture wastewater.
- 1999
Founding of Rösch GmbH as a haulage company for tank transports (today 22 tank trucks).
- 2014
Acquisition of a winery in Hajós (Hungary), founding of Trautwein Hungaria Kft.; commissioning of a de-alcoholisation plant in Lonsheim.
- 2017
Purchase and general refurbishment of a facility with grape intake in Westhofen.
- 2019
Joint project with regional vintners for organic grape juice and organic grape secco (puretraube.de).
- 2020
Founding of Füll Gut GmbH in Westhofen (contract bottling); Johannes Trautwein joins the company.
- 2022
Contract de-alcoholisation from 2,000 litres; acquisition of a facility in Meddersheim (Nahe).