The winery is located in the municipality of Saarburg (Saar area) in the German wine-growing region of Mosel. It was built by Josef Heinrich Wagner, the great-grandfather of the current owner Heinz Wagner, from 1898 to 1900 as a sparkling wine and wine cellar. He thus founded the sparkling wine industry on the Saar. Wagner's quality wines were supplied to several Berlin salons and also to the court of Saxe-Coburg. After his training in Reims (Champagne) from 1900 onwards, Adolf Wagner (*1876) built the Saarfels Castle sparkling wine cellars in nearby Serrig between 1912 and 1914. However, the castle had to be sold due to the First World War and the economic crisis at the beginning of the 1930s; the parent company in Saarburg, however, remained.
When Adolf's son Dr Heinz Wagner took over the core business in Saarburg-Beurig, the company was given its current name. Since the beginning of the 1990s, Heinz Wagner has again been producing sparkling wine, thus continuing the old family tradition. The vineyards cover eight hectares of vines in the single vineyards Bockstein (Ockfen), Kupp and Rausch (Saarburg). They are planted exclusively with Riesling vines that are over 30 years old. The wines are fermented and matured exclusively in traditional old 1000-litre wooden barrels, of which there are still around 70 in the largest vaulted cellar on the Saar. Where possible, fermentation is initiated without pure yeasts and proceeds slowly and at relatively low temperatures without additional cooling. The winery is a member of the VDP (Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates).
