Winery Charles Wantz

Adress: 36 Rue Saint-Marc 67140 Barr
Country: France
internet: http://www.ch-wantz.com
Wine district: Alsace
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The Charles Wantz winery is a family business with deep roots going back many generations. The Wantzes have been vintners for several centuries with a tradition passed on from father to son. The Wantz name is closely linked to the history of Alsace wines, with an illustrious ancestor whose statue (1742) can still be seen on the frontispice of the townhall in Heiligenstein, a few kilometers from Barr, where the varietal Klevener de Heiligenstein originates.

All these generations of hard-working vintners have reached and maintained a high level of quality for the family production.

In the difficult period following WW II in 1945, Charles Wantz was able to start again and develop with much energy his winery. The war years bore very heavily on the vineyards in Alsace, with nearly all valid men taken away to serve in Germany and women remaining who courageously took over the daily chores and assured the winery's survival.