Import and distribution of international premium wines and branded spirits for the German food retail sector.
Eggers & Franke GmbH
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About Eggers & Franke
Eggers & Franke GmbH, founded in Bremen in 1804, is an import trading house for wines and spirits and ranks among the leading distributors of international wines and spirits on the German market. The portfolio combines brands such as Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Marqués de Riscal, Bodegas Osborne, Doppio Passo, Piper-Heidsieck, Peter Lehmann, Yellow Tail and KWV as well as spirits classics such as Carlos I, Osborne Veterano, Bushmills and Rémy Cointreau. The value chain covers import, marketing, sales as well as storage and logistics for the German food retail sector. Since 2007, the company has been based in the modernised Speicher I in Bremen's Überseestadt, just a few hundred metres from the historic roots of the wine trade. Since 2019, a branch in Vienna has served the Austrian market. Since 2018, the Eggers & Franke Group has belonged to Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH, Freyburg (Unstrut).
- Site
- Bremen
- Processes
- Import and distribution of wines and spirits, Marketing, Sales, Logistics/Storage
- Materials
- Premium wines, Spirits, Organic wines
- Certificates
- Organic Control Body DE-ÖKO-039 (organic wines), DE-ÖKO-039 (Organic Control Body)
- Founded
- 1804
- Industries
- Food retail, Beverage trade, Gastronomy
- 01
Import
- 02
Storage/Logistics
- 03
Marketing
- 04
Sales
Portfolio and Brands
Premium wines
International wine brands for the German food retail sector.
Spirits
Branded spirits and spirits classics from countries of origin worldwide.
Organic wines
Trade in organic wines, controlled and certified by DE-ÖKO-039.
Locations
Bremen
DEHead office / Speicher I, Konsul-Smidt-Str. 8J
- Materials
- Wines, spirits
- Storage and logistics at Speicher I
Vienna
ATBranch Eggers & Franke Austria (since 2019), sales of premium sparkling wine, wine and spirits
- Materials
- Wines, spirits
Brands and Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and Certification
The trade in organic wines is controlled and certified by the organic control body DE-ÖKO-039.
| Evidence | Bremen | Vienna |
|---|---|---|
| DE-ÖKO-039 (Organic Control Body) |
History
- 1804
Founded on 1.12.1804 in Bremen by Georg Heinrich Eggers and Johann Heinrich Franke.
- 1815
Eggers & Franke counts among the most significant companies in the city.
- 1837
Heyday under Georg Julius Franke, leader in the rum trade.
- 1919
Sale of the company to Wilhelm Oskar Richard Meier for 100,000 marks.
- 1929
125th anniversary, 52 employees, acquisition of three new packing houses on the Weser riverbank.
- 1935
After Wilhelm Meier's death, continued by Berta and Carl Johann Meier.
- 1944
Destruction of all business premises in the bombing raid on Bremen; new start with rescued rum stocks.
- 1954
150th anniversary, new building, strong expansion of the spirits segment.
- 1976
Wilhelm F. Meier takes over after the death of Carl J. Meier; expansion of the Italy and Spain segments.
- 2001
Johann Christoph Meier takes over management (4th generation).
- 2003
Acquisition of the naming rights to Joh. Eggers Sohn, start of diversification.
- 2005
Acquisition of competitor Reidemeister & Ulrichs and the mail-order company Ludwig von Kapff.
- 2007
Move to the new head office at Speicher I in Bremen's Überseestadt.
- 2014
Rise to become the leading supplier of premium wines and branded spirits to the German food retail sector, including acquisition of Piper-Heidsieck.
- 2017
Importer of the Year – Mundus Vini.
- 2018
Acquisition of the Eggers & Franke Group by Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien GmbH, Freyburg (Unstrut).
- 2019
Foundation of Eggers & Franke Austria with a branch in Vienna.
- 2023
Importer of the Year – Mundus Vini.
- 2024
Importer of the Year – Mundus Vini.