TRADITION AND CONNECTEDNESS

A family business with a long tradition

A family business lives from solidarity and trust. In recent decades, the Teriete family has developed the Dwersteg Distillery into a leading company for organically produced spirits and liqueurs.

At the historical location in Steinfurt-Borghorst, the company has its production, product development, bottling and distribution, all under one roof.

1882

 
Ludwig Dwersteg

Ludwig Dwersteg founded the ‘Spirituosen and Liqueurherstellungsbetrieb’ on the 1st July 1882 in Borghorst “Ludwig Dwersteg Jr”.

He was born the fourth son of the brewer Ludwig Dwersteg, coming from one of the oldest families in Borghorst. As a trained merchant, distiller and brewer, he started his operation in the distillery of his brother Caspar.

 1923

Familie Dwersteg

The founder Ludwig Dwersteg hands over the company to his sons Ludwig and Bernhard, and died just two years later, on June 27, 1925.

1931

 
Ludwig Dwersteg Junior

Bernhard Dwersteg retires from the company while Ludwig Dwersteg continues running the business with prudence.
Further development of the company was interrupted for several years by the Second World War.

1945

 
The Liqueur Cellar

In the early postwar years, non-alcoholic hot and cold beverages were produced and marketed. On the day of the currency reform the production of wine and spirits was resumed.

1952

Ludwig Dwersteg junior

Ludwig Dwersteg Jr, the son of the owner, joins the company.

1980

Ludger Teriete
Ludger Teriete

Ludger Teriete, a nephew of Ludwig Dwersteg, becomes a partner in the company which has now been converted into a limited partnership.

The survival of the company is therefore secured by the long-term experience of Ludwig Dwersteg Jr. and the youthful vigour of Ludger Teriete.

Der Fortbestand des Unternehmens ist somit durch langjährige Erfahrung von Ludwig Dwersteg junior und dem jugendlichen Elan von Ludger Teriete gesichert.

1987

Ludwig Dwersteg Jr. retires from the company. Ludger Teriete is now the sole managing partner of the Dwersteg Distillery.

1992

Friedensreiter Patent
Wein
The Dwersteg Distillery acquires the rights to the symbol of the “Friedensreiter” from the Münster wine and spirit merchant “Niemer”.

1992

Hommage à Kandinsky

Together with one of the last living Bauhaus Artists and Kandinsky students Heinrich Neuy, a symbiosis between painting and distilling: “Hommage à Kandinsky”.

1994

Monika Teriete

Upon successful completion of her Distillers Certificate at the Institute for Fermentation and Biotechnology in Berlin, Monika Teriete takes over responsibility for Product Development and Quality Management.

1996

Dwersteg Organic seit 1996
Product line-Dwersteg Organic
Dwersteg Distillery is one of the first producers of spirits worldwide to develop a product line which is made exclusively from organic and fair trade ingredients – Dwersteg Organic.

2001

Bio-Fach 2001

On the “Bio-fach 2001”, the trade exhibition for health food and natural products, the Dwersteg Distillery is awarded “Product of the Year – Biological products” for their Chocolate Cream Liqueur.

2002

Eurotoques 2002

Eurotoques – an internationally operating association of chefs, which includes Paul Bocuse and Eckhard Witzigmann, appoint the Dwersteg Distillery as “Official Supplier”

2009

Best of Bio Award
BIO Award of the BIO-Hotels

Best of BIO Award from BIO-Hotels: Award as the most successful organic distillery.

2011

Bio-Marke 
‘Organic Brand of the Year 2011’ of the ‘Lebensmittel Praxis’ together with the Bioexperten Consulting Group.

2012

BioFach 2012

Limoncello Lemon Liqueur is Best New Product at BioFach 2012.

2013

Green Brand 2013/2014

Award for “Green Brand 2013/2014” green-brands.org.

2015

MoGin 2015

MoGin – Organic London Dry Gin wins Gold at the Craft Spirits Awards

2015

Green Brand 2015/2016

Once again awarded “Green Brand 2015/2016” in the food sector, more information on the seal can be found on the organization's website.

2017

 
Green Brand Seal 2017/2018

Renewed Green Brand award for2017 / 2018

2019

 
Green Brand Seal

The Dwersteg distillery is awarded the Green Brand Seal for the 4th time

2021

Green Brand Seal

The Dwersteg distillery is awarded the Green Brand Seal for the 5th time

2022

 Spirits Awards 22

Best of Organic at the Spirits Awards 22, for our PAX Vodka , Dwersteg Organic Cassis & Quadro Nuevo Rhubarb Aperitif

2023

Gold Diploma 2023

 

Gold medals for Dwersteg organic Vermouth blanc & Dwersteg organic Vermouth rosé at the Frankfurt International Trophy

2023

Unternehmensnachfolge 2023

Nicole Scharte and Frank Krekeler succeed the company. Nicole Scharte takes over the management of Distillerie Dwersteg and continues the philosophy and life's work of Monika and Ludger Teriete.

 

2024

Gold for Coeur dÓrange and Cassis 2024

France, the motherland of cassis and orange liqueur, has awarded our liqueurs Dwersteg Organic Cassis and Dwersteg organic “Coeur dÓrange” with the gold medal at the Amphore 2024 Biologiques et en conversion!