About 2Naturkinder
2Naturkinder is the natural wine project of the married couple Michael Völker and Melanie Drese, based at Michael's family winery in Kitzingen, Franken, which has been growing grapes since 1843. After careers in science publishing between London and New York, the pair returned home, began farming the estate's roughly seven hectares organically from 2012, and released their first zero-sulfur wines under the 2Naturkinder label in 2013, starting with just a few hundred bottles. Working muschelkalk and Keuper soils, they hand-harvest, ferment spontaneously, and bottle their wines unfined and unfiltered with no additives — including no added sulfites — at any stage. The estate is also known for a bat conservation project, fertilizing select vineyard plots with guano from a resident colony of endangered grey long-eared bats. 2Naturkinder is not a member of the VDP, and its wines have become a benchmark among sommeliers for a raw, honest expression of Franken's Silvaner, Bacchus, and Müller-Thurgau.
Who Is This For?
For drinkers seeking honest, additive-free German wines that speak plainly of place, and for anyone drawn to a non-conformist, minimal-intervention philosophy backed by real conservation work.
Wines of 2Naturkinder
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Who founded 2Naturkinder?
- Michael Völker and Melanie Drese, a married couple, launched the 2Naturkinder label in 2013 at Michael's family winery in Kitzingen, Franken, which has grown grapes since 1843.
- Are 2Naturkinder wines certified organic?
- Yes, the roughly seven hectares of vineyards are farmed organically; the estate is not a member of the VDP and instead operates independently as a natural wine producer.
- Do 2Naturkinder wines contain added sulfites?
- No. The wines are fermented spontaneously and bottled unfined and unfiltered with no additives, including no added sulfur, at any stage of production.
- What makes 2Naturkinder distinctive within Franken?
- Alongside strict minimal-intervention winemaking, the estate runs a bat conservation project, fertilizing vineyard plots with guano from a resident colony of endangered grey long-eared bats.