Doors for
winemakers & cellars
Your harvest is concentrated in a few intense weeks, your barrels age at 12 °C all year round, your tasting room welcomes wine tourists at weekends. Three uses, three doors. Fermelux equips estates along the Luxembourg Moselle - Schengen, Remich, Wormeldange, Grevenmacher - with Hörmann doors designed for winemaking: wide SPU F42 for the harvest cellar and tractors, SPU 67 Thermo for the ageing cellar, Rolltor SB for press and tasting room access.
Built for winemaking
A wine cellar is not a warehouse: ambient humidity exceeds 75%, tractors with grape trailers need oversized widths, and a thermal variation in the cellar can compromise an entire vintage. We understand oenological constraints and size each door accordingly.
Widths for tractors & grape trailers
A John Deere 6M tractor with a grape hopper is 2.55 m wide, but the entry manoeuvre into the cellar requires a minimum of 4 m of useful passage - ideally 6 m to leave margin for two successive loads. The SPU F42 goes up to 8,000 mm wide and 7,500 mm high without an intermediate mullion. No blockage during the harvest.
Thermal stability for ageing cellars
A barrel cellar requires 12 to 15 °C all year round with a variation below 2 °C. The SPU 67 Thermo with ThermoFrame reaches U = 0.51 W/m²K (installed door), the best insulation in the Hörmann industrial range. Your lees ageing or malolactic takes place under controlled conditions, without overconsumption by the cooling unit.
Cellar humidity resistance
The cellar atmosphere swings between 70 and 85% relative humidity - a fatal condition for black steel, which rusts in one season. All our Hörmann doors are supplied in standard Z275 galvanised steel, with a Z450 option for the most exposed sites. EPDM seals resistant to SO₂ and fermentation vapours.
Harvest seasonality - 2 critical months
Your cellar door runs 20 to 40 cycles/day out of season then 150 to 300 cycles/day during a 15-day harvest. A breakdown in September halts your grape reception. We size the drive and springs for the peak, not the average - and schedule preventive maintenance in July, before the harvest.
Architectural integration - heritage buildings
Moselle cellars are often 19th-century stone buildings, listed or of heritage interest. We deliver doors in discreet colours RAL 7016, 8017, 9007 or Decograin oak finish to blend into the fabric. The Rolltor SB, with its minimal lateral footprint, preserves the original masonry openings.
Maintenance outside harvest
We schedule your maintenance visits in July-August or February-March - never during vinification or sensitive ageing. Breakdown service Monday to Friday (8am-12pm / 1pm-5pm) on +352 691 545 407 across the entire Luxembourg Moselle (Schengen to Mertert), fast call-out subject to availability; outside these hours, only under a specific maintenance contract. Original Hörmann parts.
Oenological sizing
Technical benchmarks for Luxembourg Moselle estates - family estates, cooperative cellars, Crémant estates. Every figure feeds into the sizing of your project.
The Hörmann wine trio
A complete estate combines three doors for three distinct uses: the winemaking cellar (tractors, harvest, wide passage), the ageing cellar (maximum thermal insulation) and the tasting room / press access (frequent openings, zero footprint). Each door answers its own business logic.
SPU F42
(SPU F42 Industrie-sectional door)The door for the winemaking cellar and harvest bay: robust 42 mm sectional, passage up to 8 m wide and 7.5 m high for tractors with grape trailers. Z275 galvanised steel resistant to cellar humidity. WA 500 FU drive recommended to absorb the harvest peak.
- › 42 mm PU panel
- › Width 8 m
- › Galvanised Z275
- › 200k cycles (option)
- › U = 1.0 W/m²K installed
SPU 67 Thermo
(SPU 67 Thermo sectional door)The door for the ageing cellar and cask room: 67 mm thermally broken panels, U = 0.51 W/m²K installed door with ThermoFrame. It preserves the 12-15 °C of your barrel cellar without overconsumption by the cooling unit. Limited openings but critical insulation for lees ageing.
- › 67 mm PU
- › U = 0.51 W/m²K installed
- › ThermoFrame
- › 200k cycles (option)
- › Galvanised Z275
Rolltor SB
(Industrie-Rolltor SB)The spring-operated steel slat shutter for press workshop and tasting room access: minimal lateral footprint (perfect on heritage buildings without modifying the masonry), quick opening, manoeuvrable. Ideal for frequent daytime transits and wine tourism weekends.
- › Steel slats
- › Minimal footprint
- › Compensation springs
- › Manual or motorised
- › Width 5 m
Drives for harvest peak
The classic pitfall of wine cellar sizing: choosing the drive on average annual cadence (30 cycles/day) instead of the harvest peak (300 cycles/day). Result: the door breaks during grape reception. We always size for the peak.
WA 500 FU
Shaft-mounted drive with frequency inverter - the safe choice for a cellar with a seasonal peak. up to 1.0 m/s, 25 cycles/hour (30 with heavy-duty option), smooth start that preserves the springs during the harvest. Mandatory on SPU F42 as soon as 200 cycles/day are expected at peak.
- › FU inverter
- › 1.0 m/s
- › 25-30 cycles/h
- › Smooth start
WA 300 S4
230 V shaft-mounted drive for ageing cellars with low cadence. 0.19 m/s, 10 cycles/hour and up to 150 cycles/day, economical and silent. Ideal on SPU 67 Thermo barrel access where every opening must be short to preserve temperature.
- › 230 V
- › 0.19 m/s
- › 10 cycles/h
- › Silent
WA 300 R S4
Dedicated drive for Rolltor SB - barrel-mounted, silent, operated by remote control or wall button. Perfect for a tasting room where the door must stay manoeuvrable for the public.
- › Barrel drive
- › BiSecur remote
- › Soft stop
- › Integrated control
Your wine estate, surveyed on site
One of our technicians visits your estate - Schengen, Remich, Wormeldange, Grevenmacher - to measure your bays, check your tractor passages and assess the cellar atmosphere. You receive a precise sizing with 3 range options as a free, fast quote.
Compliant with oenological requirements
A cellar door is work equipment under the Machinery Directive, inspectable by the ITM (Inspection du Travail et des Mines). It must also fit within Luxembourg oenological frameworks - Vignerons Indépendants, IVV (Institut Viti-Vinicole), Moselle Luxembourgeoise AOP label.
EN 13241 - Industrial doors
Product standard covering safety, performance and CE marking. Mandatory for any motorised industrial door placed on the European market, including in wine cellars.
EN 13241:2003+A2:2016EN 12453 - Safety in use
Defines closing forces and anti-crush devices. Checked at commissioning and during maintenance - critical in the presence of harvesters.
EN 12453:2017EN 12428 - Thermal transmittance
Method for calculating the U-value. Reference for guaranteeing the thermal stability of ageing cellars equipped with SPU 67 Thermo.
EN 12428:2013Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC
Regulatory framework for motorised doors as work equipment. Maintenance log mandatory in the estate's operating dossier.
2006/42/ECVignerons Indépendants framework
Quality specifications of the Luxembourg association: traceability of equipment, hygiene of winemaking premises, compliance of materials in contact with the grapes.
Vignerons Indépendants LUIVV Luxembourg - Institut Viti-Vinicole
Regulatory body for the Luxembourg wine industry (Remich). Control of ageing conditions and certification of the Marque Nationale / Moselle Luxembourgeoise AOP.
IVV Remich3 typical wine configurations
These scenarios correspond to real installations on the Luxembourg Moselle. Each configuration is adaptable to the size of the estate, the dominant grape variety and the existing buildings.
15 ha family estate - Wormeldange
Riesling and Pinot Gris estate, vinification and ageing on site, tasting room open at weekends from April to October. 1 harvest cellar, 1 barrel cellar with 120 casks, 1 tasting room access.
Cooperative cellar - Luxembourg Moselle
Cooperative winemaking site receiving the harvest of 100+ growers over 20 days. Very intense tractor flow (300 cycles/day at peak), stainless tanks and foudres, Crémant ageing on racks.
Crémant estate - Schengen heritage building
19th-century listed stone winery, cellar opening preserved as original, vaulted stone cellar for Crémant ageing on racks (18 to 36 months). Active cross-border wine tourism.
8 ha organic estate - Remich
Certified organic viticulture, natural winemaking with minimal inputs, humid cellar atmosphere (80% RH), French oak barrels for 12 months ageing. Extreme sensitivity to thermal variations.
Options that make the difference
These 12 options address the specific constraints of a wine cellar - humidity, seasonality, heritage integration, wine tourism. They are not cosmetic; they solve field issues we see at every harvest.
How much does cellar equipment cost
Each project is priced on request (free quote) for an installed door (delivery, assembly, electrical connection, commissioning, CE documentation). Excluding civil works. For several doors on the same estate, a single overall quote is drawn up.
Standard harvest cellar
SPU F42 42 mm panel + WA 300 S4 drive + Z275 galvanisation. For family estates with moderate harvest peak (< 150 cycles/day). Bay up to 5 × 4.5 m.
- SPU F42 42 mm
- Galvanised Z275
- WA 300 S4
- Photo barriers
- BiSecur remotes
- CE commissioning
Complete 15-30 ha estate
Wide SPU F42 + WA 500 FU inverter + stepless wicket door + subtle RAL finish. The standard for Moselle estates with on-site vinification and ageing. Bay up to 6 × 5 m.
- Wide SPU F42
- WA 500 FU inverter
- Stepless wicket door
- RAL 7016/8017 finish
- Anti-SO₂ EPDM seals
- Signalling light
Ageing cellar & heritage
SPU 67 Thermo + ThermoFrame + Decograin oak for vaulted cellar or listed building, with 1-year July preventive maintenance contract included. Validated architectural integration.
- SPU 67 Thermo 67 mm
- ThermoFrame
- Decograin oak
- Galvanised Z450
- 1-year maintenance
- July preventive visit
Free, fast quote after a site visit on the Luxembourg Moselle
Request a wine quoteFrequently asked questions
Answers to our customers' most common questions.
Your cellar sized to measure by Fermelux
We operate across the entire Luxembourg Moselle - Schengen, Remich, Bech-Kleinmacher, Wormeldange, Grevenmacher, Mertert, Ahn, Ehnen. Free site visit, tractor passage survey, cellar atmosphere assessment, 3 range options, complete, free, fast quote.