The winery is located in the community of Escherndorf (area Maindreieck) in the German wine-growing region of
Franken. It was founded in 1977 by Horst Sauer. The vineyards cover 17.5 hectares in the individual locations Berg,
Fürstenberg and
Lump (Escherndorf), as well as Sonnenberg (Untereisenheim). They are planted with the white wine varieties Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Bacchus, Pinot Blanc and Scheurebe, as well as the red wine varieties Pinot Noir and Domina. The grapes, must and wine are moved in the newly built four-storey building over the shortest possible distances almost exclusively by gravity. This gentle treatment in combination with a long, restrained fermentation produces particularly delicate, pure-toned wines. A speciality of the house is the entire range of Prädikat wines from Auslese to Eiswein. The best wines are marketed as
Grosses Gewächs. Depending on the circumstances, "specials" such as the dry white wine "Sehnsucht" (Silvaner) are occasionally pressed. According to the winery's own definition, these are special wines that are individually characterised by the extraordinary inspiration of a moment. Around 150,000 bottles of wine are produced annually. The winery is a member of the
VDP (Association of German Prädikat Wineries) and the
Frank & Frei Winegrowers' Association.
