team production and office buildings of old cognac label founded by Albert Buchholz occupies a large area located between the streets of Unity from the south, east and Wanda al. Polish Army in the west bordering the landscaped grounds on which stood a hypermarket 'Ajuga'. It is today one of the largest industrial plants territorially in the city.
Major Albert Buchholz, wine merchant and the owner of his own large vineyard in Zielona Gora, was at. Unity (Berlinerstraße) in 1860 year as one of the first wine distillery in the city.
Buchholz to the processing of surplus wine Zielona used "original charteńskiego distillation apparatus, invented by prof. Savall as well as a specially designed filter.
Albert Buchholz died in February 1888, (obituary appeared on 10 February), a label inherited from him his daughter, Anna, Elfriede and Olga, Miss, and Gothmann Bertha, the wife of a merchant Gothmanna Johannes (1863-1921), who was a shareholder and the sole manager. Gothmann degree earned abroad, in France and Spain, was later commercial counselor (Commerzienrat) and alderman. Under his leadership, the company initially modest, gained status as one of the biggest record label in Germany brandies
the label headquarters Buchholz Gothmann predestined representative tenement house at Berliner Straße 36 (Unity Street 61), built in the second half of the nineteenth century, around 1895 the company acquired adjacent to the building of a house belonging to the Ludwig A. Martini at Berliner Strasse 37 (63 Unity Street), designed by master mason Willmann Heim in 1861 and housed the offices of the board of the company, and on the first floor flat manufacturer.
House Street. Unity 59 (Berliner Straße 35) to 1915, was owned by heirs of a master carpenter Prüfera Augusta. Only in 1915 the factory passed into the possession of Buchholz. Johannes Gothmann, built on newly acquired property, two new residential buildings and two large storage buildings, since 1923, owned by Albert Buchholz Aktiengesellschaft.
After the war, the plant, like most in the city was taken over by the Soviet army and was ruled by the Russian military authorities for several months. At that time the plant was partially devastated, stripped of most equipment, and devoid of liquor and semi-finished stocks. June 9 Buchholz plant was acquired from the Soviet military commandant of the city by proxy KERM Eng. K. Paszyński, and then transferred to the interim administration Anthony Kulesza, who first began producing vodka in the former plant species Buchholz.
in a former factory found thousands of bottles of 73.5 vol. L 025-1 184 000 caps, 116 thousand. bottles were transferred from plants Raetscha. Status of destruction of buildings after an inventory carried out j was estimated to be 39% fit for use only wooden utensils storage and lager (fasy). Other manufacturing equipment: grinding machines, presses, filling tables, filters, zestawiarki, dishwashers, cameras, stripping - were destroyed in 60-100%. With production facilities seized two cameras to obtain a distillate of wine, but not suitable for stripping iron gorzelnianej, consisting of a copper boiler with a height I 1-1,20 1,20-1,30 m in diameter, spherical with a diameter of an alembic me Radiator. Other usable equipment was, 5 wooden tables filling of 1 x 4 m, 2 Hand rozlewaczki without measurement, allowing for a one-off bottling 10 bottles, 4 tin cylindrical filters for coal or sand with a cap. 30-60 l, a wooden-reservoir with a capacity meter. 3700 l, copper boiler with a capacity mixer. 500 l, 42 oak barrels with the capacity, from 3500 to 4200 liters for the storage of wine and cognac. After the raids on the premises, they did not find hardly any stocks of raw materials or semi-finished products in addition to a small amount of dried herbs and spices. Department rebuilt until 1950, when it was Lubuska Label vodkas in Zielona Gora. During this five year period have been able to expand the production line and make up deficiencies in the required production equipment. With the increasing demand for wines from the Green Mountain facility was expanded in 1956 and 1960, and dokupiono new plots, building them a new bottling plant, a warehouse of finished products and sugar, and cellar.
As a result of its privatization in the late 90s Major twentieth century Lubuska vodkas Polmos Zielona Gora State Enterprise was transformed into a public limited company, which had the greatest asset the Treasury. In May 2003, Major Lubuska vodkas Polmos Zielona Góra SA, was acquired by Swedish company with majority state-owned, V & S Group. Then the company name was changed to V & S Luxury Zielona Góra SA In May 2008, its new owner was the French drinks company Ricard Piernod.
To date, the former record preserved historic buildings, located on the street, and the Unity of the basement cellar.
