For almost twenty years now, the fate of the Brennfleck winery has been in the hands of Susanne and Hugo Brennfleck. The family has been involved in the cultivation and development of wine for a good 420 years. The Brennfleck family has always been open to new and modern ideas, while remaining true to tradition and to the region. In 2007, a new wine press house, baroque in style but medieval in essence, was built on Papiusgasse, high above the ramparts of the wine village of Sulzfeld, within sight of the family's ancestral home. Door and gate enclosure protrude concrete-faced from the building, which is clad in shell limestone.
The new building stands on the site of a demolished storage shed whose house stone foundations have been preserved. Susanne Brennfleck herself designed the new building together with project architect Sophia Busch. Its functionality is focused solely on the refinement of the delivered grapes. The hillside location was cleverly used to optimize the wine production process. Ground-level delivery of the grapes, the pressing process, tank filling and pomace removal are organized in an unspectacular manner. The ensemble impresses with its clarity and reduction. For operational reasons, a small square had to be placed in front of the wine press house so that arriving and departing vehicles have sufficient maneuvering space. A nice side effect of the forecourt in terms of urban development is the widening of the small-scale maze of alleys in the upper village. In 2015, the Brennfleck winegrowing family also set up a new tasting room. A stylish room for festive occasions has been created under the vaults of the former distillery. Up to 45 people can let the cellar spirits dance there. A spacious kitchen and service and sanitary rooms are connected to the tasting room, so that cooking events themed around wine can also be held there. The connection to the inner courtyard makes it possible to use the tasting room separately from all other estate buildings.
