Lorenz Organic Wine Estate
Living tradition is a fitting description of viticulture in and around Friesenheim in Rheinhessen, where vines have been grown in this small village on the edge of the Rhine plain since the 11th century.
Living passion is how one might describe the Lorenz family’s attitude to fine wine. This love has endured faithfully for over 250 years. Today, four generations work at the Lorenz organic wine estate. Combined efforts are necessary to cultivate around 75,000 vines across 15 ha sustainably and organically. Sustainability is reflected not only in the vineyard, where quality takes precedence over quantity, but also in production: the energy needed is generated on site from renewable resources. “Wine grows in the vineyard, not in the cellar,” explains this traditional family, for whom vineyard care is paramount. Even though the vines enjoy excellent conditions on deep loess and loam soils and calcareous clay-marl soils, intensive manual work is required to produce outstanding wines.
We realised long ago that we are only strong together, and so many things go hand in hand. This statement makes clear the passion and commitment of a family who modestly describe themselves as “young, dynamic and incredibly nice”. We have checked and can only confirm this. We would, however, like to add “imaginative”, because anyone who releases wines with such evocative names as Urschrei, Kopfstand or Wachgeküsst must surely possess lively creativity and have plenty of fun at work.