Kupferberg (sparkling wine)

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Cuvée barrel in the Kupferberg cellars
Grape Hall in the Kupferberg House
The lettering on the company building in Mainz
Share over RM 300 in Chr. Adt. Kuperberg & Co KGaA of January 2, 1937

The Kupferberg Sektkellerei was founded in 1850 by Christian Adalbert Kupferberg in Mainz on the Rhine . Various brands of sparkling wine have been produced there since then . The best known is "Kupferberg Gold", a semi-dry to brut- expanded sparkling wine in the lower price segment.

On the Mainzer Kästrich , the winery has the deepest layered champagne cellars in the world, which are seven floors deep and comprise a total of 60 cellar segments and are up to 50 m below the surface. The area on which the winery was located was previously a vineyard area , so there are even older cellars in side wings. The administration building at Kupferbergterrasse 19 was built in 1856 according to plans by the city and cathedral master builder Joseph Laské . In 1872 the sparkling wine cellar was converted into a partnership limited by shares (KGaA). The company grew with the export opportunities created by the railway and with consistent use of trademark rights . Brands, product features, company logos, logos and images are still protected by trademark law and other protective laws in favor of Christian Adalbert Kupferberg Sektkellerei. An extensive exhibition on print media used at the time, including by Emil Preetorius , as well as the world's largest collection of champagne glasses from different eras, can be viewed at the Kupferberg premises.

In 1978 A. Racke GmbH from Bingen acquired a large part of the shares. The “Kupferberg” brand was sold to Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei ( Oetker Group ) in 2004 . The production facilities, which were relocated to the Mainz-Hechtsheim district in the 20th century , have only been used for bottling still wine since then. With effect from January 1, 2008, the winery facilities including the 46 employees and the branded wines bottled there were taken over by Grands Chais de France .

literature

  • The sparkling wine producer Chr. Adt. Copper mountain . Mainz around 1905. ( dilibri )
  • The New Kupferberg Gold Book: Leaves of joy, love and sparkling wine / ed. from D. Sektkellerei Chr. Adt. Kupferberg & Co. Mainz around 1930. ( dilibri )
  • Christian Adalbert Kupferberg 1824–1876 . Mainz 1975, ISBN 3-78370084-1 . (Festschrift for the 125th anniversary of the Kupferberg sparkling wine cellar)
  • Hermann van Ham: Florian Kupferberg (1858-1921). In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Wirtschaftsbiographien , Volume IV. Aschendorff, Münster 1941, pp. 217–230.
  • Barbara Kaufhold: German Sekt advertisement from 1879 to 1918. Its development under economic, social and artistic aspects. Dissertation, Ruhr University Bochum, 2003.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barbara Kaufhold: German Sekt advertisement from 1879-1918. Your development under economic, social and artistic aspects. Dissertation, Ruhr University Bochum, 2003.
  2. ↑ Champagne containers from several centuries
  3. ↑ Henkell & Co. takes over the brands Kupferberg and Scharlachberg from Racke on October 1, 2004
  4. ↑ Racke cédait à une filiale de Grands Chais de France ( Memento of January 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 50.1 ″  N , 8 ° 15 ′ 46.8 ″  E