Cooperative winery Heilbronn

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Cooperative winery Heilbronn eG

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legal form eG
founding June 14, 1972
Seat Heilbronn , Germany
management Justin Kircher, Markus Leitz, Wolfgang Schneider, Karl Seiter, Klaus Wagner
Number of employees 62
sales EUR 27.35 million
Branch Wine cooperative
Website www.wg-heilbronn.de
As of December 31, 2017

The Genossenschaftskellerei Heilbronn eG (formerly Genossenschaftskellerei Heilbronn-Erlenbach-Weinsberg eG ), also known as WG Heilbronn for short , is a large winegrowing cooperative in the north of the Württemberg wine-growing region , in which more than 1000 wine-growers have come together to press their grapes together , to develop them into wine and to market them allow. The 1,340 members of the WG Heilbronn cultivate 1,420  hectares of over a tenth of the total cultivation area in the Württemberg wine-growing region.

history

The forerunners of the cooperative winery were the winegrowers 'cooperatives of the neighboring towns of Heilbronn , Erlenbach and Weinsberg , which had emerged from older wine-growers' associations, and which had been founded in 1868 (Weinsberg), 1888 (Heilbronn) and 1948 (Erlenbach) and merged on June 14, 1972. The newly founded flat share was located in the Erlenbach area in the Heilbronn district , right on the border with the city of Heilbronn, where a large winery and administration building was built from June 1, 1973, in which grapes were picked for the first time on October 4, 1974 . At the time it was founded, the cooperative winery had around 610 wine growers with around 600 hectares of vineyards.

From 2007 the WG Heilbronn experienced strong growth through several mergers. On September 20, 2006, the general assembly of the Neckarsulm-Gundelsheim wine-growing cooperative decided with a majority of 79% to cooperate with the Heilbronn WG from the beginning of 2007. After a three-year cooperation phase, the merger with the WG Heilbronn should take place. The reason for this step were economic problems of the smaller flat share in Neckarsulm. At the end of February 2007 it was announced that the merger would be completed in June 2007. On June 18, 2007, 98.5% of the wengers of the Neckarsulm-Gundelsheim winegrowing cooperative approved the merger with the Heilbronn-Erlenbach-Weinsberg cooperative winery. After the merger with the WG Neckarsulm, the WG Heilbronn gained an additional 35 ha in addition to its approximately 705 ha of vineyards and thus had a total of 740 ha of vineyards. After the members of the WG Heilbronn-Erlenbach-Weinsberg also voted for a merger with 93% at a general meeting on June 27, 2007, the merger took place retrospectively as of January 1, 2007. A further merger with Weingärtner took place retroactively as of January 1, 2011 Flein-Talheim eG with a further 300 hectares of vineyards. The wine press, cellar and sales of the Flein-Talheim flat share remain in Flein , while bottling, logistics and accounting come to Erlenbach. In 2012, the merger with the vineyard cooperative Lehrensteinsfeld , which was facing economic problems, brought another 130 hectares of vineyards to the Heilbronn WG. The wine of the Lehrensteinfeld flat share members will in future be expanded in the Erlenbach headquarters.

In 2013 there was another merger with WG Unterheinriet with 60 hectares of vineyards. Also in 2013, a cooperation was agreed with the neighboring vineyard cooperative Grantschen Weine eG from the Weinsberg district of Grantschen . The Grantschen flat share with 163 members and 148 hectares of vineyards remained independent, but its management and technical management lay with the Heilbronn cooperative winery, which also took over part of the sales. A later merger of the two cooperatives was not ruled out and took place in the summer of 2014 with retroactive effect to January 1, 2014. The Grantschen location was retained.

Companies

As of 2010, before major mergers, 759 wine- growing families were members of the WG, including around 90 full-time businesses that together (as of March 2010) cultivated 745  hectares of vineyards. Every year they delivered around 9 to 10 million kg of grapes, from which the WG produces 6 to 7 million liters of wine. The storage capacities of the WG (bottle and tank storage) were expanded in 1984 and now contain around 19.5 million liters of wine. Almost 100 employees find work at the WG. After the merger with the WGs Flein-Talheim, Lehrensteinsfeld, Unterheinriet and Grantschen, the WG Heilbronn as of 2014 has around 1420 members who cultivate 1314 hectares of vineyards, more than a tenth of the cultivation area of ​​the Württemberg wine-growing region. As of 2018, the total vineyard area was even 1429 hectares. This means that the WG Heilbronn is the largest winegrowing cooperative in Württemberg in terms of the vineyard area (after the WZG in Möglingen with around 2260 hectares), ahead of the Lauffener Weingärtner e. G. in Lauffen am Neckar with around 850 ha and the Felsengartenkellerei in Besigheim with around 660 ha.

Heilbronn engine

Young winemakers from the cooperative winery joined forces in 2011 under the name Triebwerk Heilbronn . The aim of this establishment was a close exchange between the young future vintners and a further development of the high quality products of the winery. The first Riesling vintage was harvested in the year of the Gründugns. Some of the Triebwerker's vineyards are planted with vines that are over 60 years old. Almost 1500 bottles are filled every year. Since 2014 there has also been a red wine from Triebwerk, a Lemberger that matures in barriques for 20 months.

Wines

The wines of the flat share within the Württemberg wine-growing area belong to the major locations Kirchenweinberg, Salzberg, Schozachtal and Staufenberg and come from the individual locations Stiftsberg (Heilbronn), Wartberg (Heilbronn), Kayberg (Erlenbach), Ranzenberg (Weinsberg), Scheuerberg (Neckarsulm), Himmelreich ( Gundelsheim), Altenberg (Flein), Eselsberg (Flein), Sonnenberg (Flein), Schloßberg (Talheim), Steinacker (Lehrensteinsfeld), Sommerberg (Unterheinriet) and Wildenberg (Grantschen). 65% of the wines offered by the WG are red wines , 35% white wines , which corresponds to the conditions in the "red wine country" Württemberg. The main grape varieties grown are Riesling (approx. 29%), Trollinger (approx. 19%), Schwarzriesling (approx. 13%), Lemberger (approx. 12.5%), various types of Burgundy such as Pinot Noir and Samtrot (together approx %) and Kerner (approx. 2%). But there are also some special varieties that are less important in terms of quantity, such as the Muscat and the Gewürztraminer . Even sparkling wine , sparkling wine , liqueur and spirits produced from the grapes.

Despite the large quantities, the WG Heilbronn also produces wines of outstanding quality, which have won numerous awards at state and federal wine awards. On the occasion of the Federal Wine Awards 2005, the DLG ranked WG Heilbronn 47th of the 100 best wine-growing companies in Germany.

Others

In addition to other cooperatives and wineries , the WG Heilbronn regularly participates in the annual Heilbronn Wine Village .

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Cooperative winery building (2013)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2017 in the electronic Federal Gazette
  2. ↑ a b A new name for the Heilbronn-Erlenbach-Weinsberg cooperative winery. In: Rebe & Wein from September 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c Kilian Krauth: Fusion comes faster than planned . In: Heilbronn voice . June 27, 2014.
  4. ^ Herbert Kaletta and Kilian Krauth: The course is set in the direction of Heilbronn . In: Heilbronner Voice of September 22, 2006, p. 26
  5. ^ Kilian Krauth: WG wedding probably already in June . In: Heilbronn voice . February 27, 2007 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on May 8, 2010]).
  6. ↑ Kilian Krauth: Wengerter say yes to flat share marriage . In: Heilbronn voice . June 28, 2007 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on May 8, 2010]).
  7. ↑ Stefanie Pfäffle: 120 new members thanks to the winery merger. In: echo am Sonntag of July 1, 2007, p. 3
  8. ^ A b Kilian Krauth: WG Heilbronn and Flein-Talheim want to merge . In: Heilbronn voice . March 26, 2010 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on May 8, 2010]).
  9. ↑ Kilian Krauth: Wengerter from Flein and Heilbronn want to score across the Main . In: Heilbronn voice . April 1, 2010 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on May 8, 2010]).
  10. ↑ Kilian Krauth: Fathers of the Fusion pop corks . In: Heilbronn voice . April 7, 2011 ( from Stimme.de [accessed April 9, 2011]).
  11. ↑ Julie Dutkowski: End of self-employment . In: Heilbronn voice . August 26, 2011 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on August 16, 2012]).
  12. ^ Kra: WG marriage: Heilbronn and Lehrensteinsfeld merge . In: Heilbronn voice . September 8, 2011 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on August 16, 2012]).
  13. ↑ a b c jof: WG Heilbronn and Lehrensteinsfeld are one . In: Heilbronn voice . June 27, 2012 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on August 16, 2012]).
  14. ↑ a b Weingärtner merger . Stimme.de , June 26, 2013 (accessed July 4, 2013)
  15. ^ Kra: Wine: Further fusion of cooperatives . Stimme.de , June 22, 2013 (accessed July 4, 2013)
  16. ↑ Joachim Kinzinger: Yes to wine cooperation . In: Heilbronn voice . July 30, 2013 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on August 1, 2013]).
  17. ↑ Kilian Krauth: Supply problems with the Württemberger . In: Heilbronn voice . June 15, 2011 ( from Stimme.de [accessed December 10, 2012]).
  18. ↑ Rolf Muth: Future strength lies in sales . In: Heilbronn voice . July 17, 2012 ( from Stimme.de [accessed December 10, 2012]).
  19. ↑ kal: Fusion with rock garden winery perfect . In: Heilbronn voice . July 1, 2011 ( from Stimme.de [accessed December 10, 2012]).
  20. ↑ TRIEBWERK Riesling wg-Heilbronn
  21. ↑ The Lemberger triebwerk-heilbronn.de

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Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 5 "  N , 9 ° 14 ′ 31.5"  E