Franz Wilhelm Langguth Erben GmbH & Co. KG was a German

winery A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the cultivation and production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feat ...

headquartered in

Traben-Trarbach Traben-Trarbach () on the Middle Moselle is a town in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'' and a state-recognized climatic spa (''Luftkurort''). The city is loc ...

. With annual production of about 50 million bottles and sales of about €108 million, Langguth was among the largest wine producers in the country. The company was founded in 1789 by Franz Wilhelm Langguth. Today it is best known internationally for its Blue Nun brand, and domestically for its Erben and Medinet brands. It also produces the herbal liqueur

Wurzelpeter Wurzelpeter is a Kräuterlikör-type liqueur produced in Germany. It is flavoured with a variety of herbs, bark, and roots: its name references the latter (''Wurzel'' in the German language). History Production was started in 1935 in Berlin-Mit ...

under its Berliner Bärensiegel brand. The winery was acquired by Les Grands Chais de France (GCF) in the spring of 2024, a French conglomerate that focuses on wine and spirit sales. Subsequently, in the span of less than 2 months after the takeover, the GCF group announced the closure of the Traben-Trarbach site for what they claimed to be a "lack of profitability," ending the more than 2 centuries old winemaking history of Langguth in the region Traben-Trarbach by August 31, 2024.

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* Companies based in Rhineland-Palatinate Wineries of Germany Companies established in 1789 1789 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire {{winery-stub