3 ▁July ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁during ▁a ▁wine - p urch asing ▁visit ▁to ▁France , ▁and ▁died ▁in ▁a ▁Bor de aux ▁hospital ▁two ▁days ▁later . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Hein z - W olf gang ▁Sch n au fer ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁February ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁in ▁Cal w , ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁Free ▁People ' s ▁State ▁of ▁Wür ttemberg ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Reich , ▁during ▁the ▁We imar ▁Republic ▁era . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁four ▁children ▁of ▁mechanical ▁engineer ▁and ▁merchant ▁Alfred ▁Sch n au fer ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Mar tha , ▁n ée ▁Fre y . ▁The ▁other ▁three ▁children ▁were ▁his ▁brother ▁Man fred , ▁his ▁sister ▁W altra ut ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁E ck art . ▁His ▁father ▁owned ▁and ▁operated ▁the ▁family ▁business , ▁the ▁win ery ▁Sch n au fer - Sch loss berg k ell erei ▁( lit . ▁" S chn au fer ' s ▁Castle ▁Mountain ▁Win ery "), ▁in ▁the ▁L eder straße , ▁Cal w . ▁ ▁The ▁win ery ▁had ▁been ▁founded ▁by ▁both ▁his ▁father ▁and ▁his ▁grand father , ▁Hermann ▁Sch n au fer , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁shortly ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁I . ▁Following ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁grand father ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁the ▁win ery ▁was ▁run ▁by ▁his ▁father ▁alone . ▁When ▁his ▁father ▁unexpected ly ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁his ▁mother ▁ran