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In the 15th century the HALBEISEN Family was honored by her ancestor Henri Halbeisen, who made with Frederic III several campaigns against the House of Austria. As deserving knight, he distinguished himself through his bravery and his courage at war and in 1471 he received from the Emperor a Patent of Armorial bearings, still exhibited in a museum of Basle, Switzerland. This blazon is reproduced today on the labels of the Alsace wine bottles of the Halbeisen winery.

 

  
     

After 1737, our ancestors Halbeisen, who came from Berentzwiller in the Sundgau (not far from Basle) settled in the prestigious and enforced BERGHEIM, right in the heart of the Alsatian vineyard and become vine growers there. This is witnessed by a record in the register of marriage dated 1737.

Since these ancient times, from generation to generation, attached to the ground and the traditions they continue vine growing and made a passion out of it.

 

  
     

The culture of the vine practised in Alsace for more than 2000 years, was particularly prosperous during all of the Middle Age and the Renaissance. The proximity of the Rhine, at that time the most important  transportation route of Europe, boosted the exports of Alsace wines to Holland, the Scandinavian countries and  England where they were very appreciated.

  
   

Until the beginning of the 17th century Alsace remained the largest and most famous wine growing area of the Germanic Empire. The Thirty Years War (1618-1648), the French revolution of 1789, the Napoleonean campaigns and the war of 1870 were responsible for the decline which then affected the Alsatian vineyards. After the devastations caused by the wars, the situation at the beginning of the 20th century was desperate. The phylloxera epidemic, a true plague, ended up destroying all of the vineyards of the old continent, including those of Alsace.

  
   

After 1900, the Halbeisen, as true pioneers, replanted their vines little by little. They devoted their whole life to produce and promote the noble high-class wines. By their obstinacy and their work they still contribute to the development of Alsace wine, which today deserves its rank among the best wines of the world.