Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei

Henkell & Co. KG is a German company sparkling wine for champagne, wine and spirits based in Wiesbaden and belongs since 1986 to Dr. August Oetker KG.

History

Founding and early years

1832 establishes Adam Henkell the wine shop Henkell & Cie in Mainz. 25 years later, he set up the Mainz Walpodenstraße a " champagne factory" build, making it one of the produce first in Germany who has mastered the art of wine champagne. Under the direction of Otto I. Henkell is 1894 Henkell brand coined in 1898 protected as one of the first brands to officially in Germany. 1909 draws Henkell & Co in the Henkell castle in Wiesbaden- Biebrich. In the years 1900-1920 the Henkell brand was heavily advertised. So regularly published large-format displays, for example, in youth or in Simplicissimus. For the design of the displays artists such as Thomas Theodor Heine, Lucian Bernhard, Gino from Finetti or Adolf Munzer were commissioned. Also the Henkell castle has been the subject of several full-page advertisements in the typical Lucian Bernhard design manner.

Otto Henkell and Ludwig Stollwerck are considered the inventor of the Community advertising that they used from about 1900. This marketing activities of companies in an industry for the first time were jointly developed and funded.

1935 developed Henkell & Co and the piccolo can also enter this brand. From 1936 was the " Gentleman in Black " in the style of a traditional cut-outs for many years the distinctive mark of Henkell.

Expansion

In 1975, the company took over the Carstens KG cellars. It was followed by further acquisitions and corporate connections. In 1986, Otto Henkell sold the winery to the entrepreneur Rudolf- August Oetker, who had already in 1958 the little son Rheingold sparkling wine taken. After the first Henkell & Co. and the little son Rheingold KG had developed independently, merged the erstwhile rivals to the 1987 Henkell & Söhnlein Sektkellereien based in Wiesbaden- Biebrich. Both companies were continued until 2009 and consolidated into the parent company Henkell & Söhnlein Sektkellereien.

Henkell & Söhnlein Sektkellereien took the first step towards a European drinks group, as in 1988 was the acquisition of Scharlachberg, Austria, excluding the brandy of the same name. Henkell & Söhnlein, Austria, was founded, now with sparkling wine production in Vienna and private spirits bottling in Salzburg. In 1992, one Hungarovin, Budapest, the Hungarian market leader for sparkling wine; In 1995 the company acquired the majority of shares in the Palatinate in Speyer sparkling wine. 1996 Henkell & Söhnlein Polska, Warsaw was founded, over 1997 Deinhardplatz sparkling wine KG in Koblenz and acquired the qualified majority on the Vinpol in Toruń, Poland. 1999, the Group adopted the qualified majority stake in Bohemia Sekt -Moravian vinařská, Stary Plzenec, Czech Republic, 2000, the majority of shares in the Slovak sparkling wine company Hubert JE in Sered. In the same year Gratien & Meyer was bought in Saumur, France. In 2003, Henkell & Söhnlein sales and brand rights for the Sektmanufaktur Menger-Krug in Bad Durkheim and the SC Astese Production, Bucharest, Romania. 2004 marks Kupferberg Gold and scarlet Bergmeister fire were added. 2006 saw the acquisition of the spirits brands The Good pot and Star Brand of the A. Racke GmbH & Co, Bingen. In October 2007, the Company continued to expand with the acquisition of the resident in Kyiv factory of sparkling wines Kijewskij Sawod of sparkling win Stolitschnij. In May 2008, Henkell & Söhnlein Sektkellereien took over the Italian company Mionetto. The Spumante and Frizzante made ​​by Mionetto were already several awards at international wine fairs. On 1 January 2009 the Henkell & Söhnlein Sektkellereien was renamed after several mergers Henkell & Co. champagne producer.

Subsidiaries

Scope of consolidation of Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei KG following subsidiaries include: Your Hard KG, Kupferberg sekt, Electoral Palatinate sparkling wine GmbH, Prince Metternich sparkling wine GmbH, Schloss Johannisberg wineries Management GbR, Menger-Krug champagne producer GmbH, Gorbachev Vodka KG, Scharlachberg distillery GmbH and HH Pott Nfgr. MbH. Abroad, the group includes: Henkell & Co. champagne producer Ges.mbH ( Austria ), Törley sparkling wine Kft (Hungary ), Vinpol Sp Z oo (Poland), Bohemia Sekt a.s. (Czech Republic ), Hubert J. E. s.r.o. (Slovakia ), Alfred Gratien SAS (France), SC Angelli Spumante & Appetizers s.r.l. (Romania ), the Kyiv factory of sparkling wines (Ukraine ), the Minonetto SpA (Italy) and Copestick Murray, Wiltshire (UK).

Company data

In the year of 2012, Henkell & Co. sales of 677.6 million euros, of which 326.6 million euros in Germany and 351 million euros abroad. 2012, the company employed 2,040 people worldwide, including 547 in Germany and 1,493 abroad. The Executive Board comprises the spokesman Andreas Brokemper ( International Business and controlling), Eberhard Benz ( production and purchasing ) and Frank van forthe ( sales, marketing and logistics).

Brands

  • Champagne: Henkell sect, Adam Henkell, Menger-Krug, Prince Metternich, your hardware, Kupferberg (sparkling wine ), Lutter & Wegner, Carstens organic sparkling wine, Söhnlein brilliant, Rüttgers Club, Castle Rheinberg, Biebrich Palace, Cantor Alcohol Free Sparkling, Ukrainskoye.
  • Champagne Alfred Gratien, Champagne Veuve Emille
  • Prosecco Prosecco Yello, Francesco Yello, Mionetto
  • Crémant Gratien & Meyer
  • Cava: Cavas Hill
  • Wine: Balaton, Deinhardplatz
  • Spirits: Batida, Cardenal Mendoza, Prince Bismarck, Jacobi 1880 Kuemmerling, Mangaroca Cachaça, Pott, Scharlachberg Meisterbrand, Star Brand, Vodka Gorbachev
Types of business entity Biebrich (Wiesbaden) Rudolf-August Oetker Legal name (business) Cava (Spanish wine)
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