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Dujardin Distillery, Uerdingen on the Rhine

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Dujardin Distillery, Uerdingen on the Rhine

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Dujardin Distillery, Uerdingen on the Rhine

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Location: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Koga-Willi 🚲👣🇺🇦

February 8, 2022

A beautiful beer garden is hidden behind the gate to the cooperage weinbrennerei-dujardin.de/kueferei_top.html

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

January 22, 2024

Dujardin wine distillery, Krefeld, Hohenbudberger Straße 10

by Walter Buschmann: Dujardin in Krefeld-Uerdingen

Napoleonic period:
The year is 1810. Napoleon Bonaparte is at the peak of his power. He occupies the area on the left bank of the Rhine. The customs barriers are falling, trade, commerce and industry are hoping for better times. At the "Mairie", the mayor's office of Uerdingen, the 'patented distiller' Henry Melcher has his company and commercial rights secured by entering it in the newly introduced commercial register. Henry Melcher's tireless hard work is rewarded. The business grows and his sons take over the business in the next generation.

Germany discovers the charm:
After 1870, French brandy products became better known in Germany. The distilled wine from the distilleries in the town of Cognac also finds its way to Uerdingen. The Melcher brothers met the Dujardin family at Chateau Merigots in the Charante and from then on bought a large part of their wines from the famous wine-growing regions of France. A purely economic relationship soon developed into friendship and both families founded Dujardin & Co vorm. Bros. Melcher.

The new distillery:
After A. Dujardin's death, his family left the company. But the name remains. Dujardin can no longer meet demand and the old distillery has to be expanded. A large facility with a rail connection and a direct connection to the Rhine is being built on the building site on today's Dujardinstrasse.

Rebuilding:
The intensive development work in the 1930s collapsed into rubble and ashes under incendiary bombs at the end of the Second World War. By relocating old distillates in a timely manner and through luck in misfortune, operations can initially be restarted on a temporary basis. The Dujardin products have lost none of their quality. The name Dujardin regains its old sound.
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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

January 22, 2024

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The 50s and 60s:
Our own sea vessel - the M.S. Imperial - launched. It connects Uerdingen with the wine ports of France by water via Rotterdam. The storage capacities on Hohenbudberger Strasse will be tripled and a state-of-the-art loading station will be built. The company employs 450 people in production and sales.

The wine distillery as a center for art and experience:
Over the course of the 1970s, consumer behavior changed and the demand for spirits continually fell. In 1983, Dujardin merged with the Racke company and moved sales, administration and bottling to Bingen. In 2006, the company Schwarze & Schlichte in Oelde finally took over the distribution of the brands Dujardin Imperial, Uerdinger and Melcher's Rat. The buildings of the Dujardin wine distillery and the trademark rights remain the property of the Melcher family, whose goal is to create a special environment for art and creative industries. The wine distillery has opened its doors to everyone and invites you to take a tour of the production facilities and relax in the beer garden in the historic inner courtyard."
rheinische-industriekultur.com/seiten/objekte/orte/krefeld/objekte/dujardin.html

weinbrennerei-dujardin.de

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