Lange Twins Winery
From left to right: Aaron, Joe, Randy, Char, Matthew, Marissa, Kendra, Brad, Susan, Philip
The Wine House had the opportunity to meet 2 members of the Lange Twins family, Joe & Kendra. We had met Kendra on another occasion and were interested in their wines and the family history behind it. When our sales person came and told us that Lange Twins was going to be in the area, we jumped at the opportunity to host their visit in our store. We invited a few customers to experience this family and their wines. Along with the four wines we tasted, our attention was on this amazing family.
Here is a little of their history:
During the 1870s, our ancestors Johann and Maria Lange emigrated from Germany to the Lodi area looking for new opportunities for themselves and their children. During this time, farmland was plentiful and three of their sons, including Albert Theodor Lange, began farming non-irrigated watermelons.
A successful watermelon business enabled the family to expand their farming operation and Albert’s son, Harold Albert Lange, expanded the farming tradition through the development of 273 acres of vineyard.
In 1980, Harold’s twin sons, Randall and Bradford Lange, formed a vineyard farming partnership with the purchase of 246 acres from their father; they also created a vineyard management company in the Lodi region.
Today, LangeTwins owns and manages vineyards in a four county area in Northern California. Two generation of Langes – the twins, their spouses, and their children – work together to continue the viticultural legacy and expand into an estate winery.
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