General impressions The “From Tree to Barrel” seminar was not just a professional event for me, but a unique opportunity to connect with people who share the same passion for our craft. I was particularly pleased to get to know each individual personally and now know the face behind the emails and phone calls. The…
The Dergem people and their Wurstmarkt When people talk about the Wurstmarkt in Bad Dürkheim, the excitement is great. In fact, the anticipation is so great that there is even a countdown at the entrance to the site, counting down the days, minutes and seconds until the next Wurstmarkt. For many in Bad Dürkheim, the…
Back on the Bourbon Trail with Markus Eder On June 04, the time had finally come again. Together with my son Jonas, who has taken over the technical management of our cooperage and sawmill, my colleague and sales manager Ralf Messing and two of my customers, I left the airport chaos in Frankfurt for Chicago.…
Cellarage in the Black Forest It is once again so far – I may with on assembly and hold the whole thing on camera! After my last time – a cellarage in Luxembourg – I was looking forward to the cellarage. It goes to a customer in the Black Forest at the 18 cherry brandy…
„Bis bald im Wald!“ …called somebody out of one of our meeting points in our legendary barrel storage ‘B48’. We had young students as guest. Felix with Ardelle, Simon, Franzi, Paul, Tobi and Lea who are all very engaged to inform people about the forest, it`s functions and benefits. Through their institution “Forst erklärt”, supported…
Sales team at the ProWein Düsseldorf After a long Corona break, the time has finally come again: most of the trade fairs are taking place! Among others the ProWein Tradefair in Düsseldorf. Of course, we from the sales team don’t miss it. ProWein here we come! At 4:00 a.m. in the morning, Ralf Messing, Helmut…
Images ©Moritz Rennecke Scharfenstein Castle On Friday, April 29, 2022, I and two coopers set off for the Harz Mountains. More precisely, to Leinefelde-Worbis, Thüringen, to the fairytale castle Scharfenstein. But what would two coopers and a sales member want to do in a medieval castle? Go on vacation? Not quite! On the weekend from…
Tonnellerie Tremeaux – The barrels and their origin September 22 and 23, 2021: Jonas Eder and Helmut Keul for Wilhelm Eder GmbH in Burgundy French coopers’ craftmanship For several years now we offer barrels made by Tonnellerie Tremeaux. The barrels are a prime example of French coopers’ craftmanship (not to say art) in it´s most…
On the road with our coopers – assembly rain collector I was allowed to be there again when our coopers went on tour. What was it about this time? This time we built something very special – a rain collector (if you want you can use this good piece as a bath tub ? ).…
Review December 2019 : There’s no business like show business, this also applies to the coopering of large barrels! Nothing turns on more than fire, wood and strong boys swinging the hammer! In our case, to drive the hoops onto large barrels. We were allowed to demonstrate all this at a wonderful eventing event of…