韓可酒廠 HENKELL & Co.

由熱愛葡萄酒的Mr. Adam Henkell創立於1832年。自1856年即開始釀製汽泡酒，而他的孫兒Mr. Otto Henkell成功的繼承衣缽。在十九世紀末，即因著韓可氣泡酒的誕生，讓韓可在德國及國際上開始有了知名度。Mr. Otto Henkell II在1945接掌公司，不但將公司的名聲發揚光大，更讓韓可成為德國汽泡酒的代表品牌。德國人極喜飲用汽泡酒，擁有全世界平均每人消費最高的汽泡酒飲用量，根據2009年GFK Group
的調查，韓可汽泡酒是德國最受歡迎的汽泡酒，在全世界七十餘國銷售超過一千三百萬瓶的汽泡酒，這驚人的銷售數字，足以證明韓可優良的品質獲得普遍的接受與喜愛。

In 1832, Adam Henkell (1801-1866) established himself as a wine merchant in Mainz, thus laying the cornerstone of today’s company, Henkell & Soehnlein. As early as 1856, he also devoted himself to the production of sparkling wine. With creation of the brand-name of Henkell Trocken in the late 19th century, his grandson Otto Henkell made the breakthrough onto national and international markets.

From the very beginning, advertising played a vital role. Henkell Trocken soon became one of the great prestige brands, a must at any celebration. One took pride in drinking a very distinctive sparkling wine. For this reason, every bottle of Henkell Trocken bears a red cordon on its neck: So the brand name is perceived even when the bottle stands in a cooler.

Today Henkell & Co is Germany’s largest and most modern sparkling wine cellar, as well as one of the world’s most renowned producers of sparkling wine. Of the Henkell Trocken brand alone, the largest exported sparkling brand, more than 20 million 0.75l bottles are sold world-wide per year. According to a 1997 study by research organization Emnid, Henkell is Germany’s best-known and most popular sparkling wine.