Comments on: Wrecked

By: Carlos Barradas

Carlos Barradas — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:08:59 +0000

“ADRIANUS v.d. EELAART KORTE HAVEN SCHIEDAM”

It was bottled in the Netherlands, in the center of the town Schiedam, near Rotterdam. Adrianus v.d. Eelaart was one of the destillers…

“1697 Establishment of distillery Adrianus van den Eelaart.
03/23/1929 Mr. L. Witkamp, one of the directors of SA Distillery Wed. A. v.d. Eelaart, dies at age 40.
11/09/1929 Mr. G. M. Witkamp. living in Scheveningen, director of SA Distillery Wed. A. van der Eelaart, dies at age of 34.
11/10/1930 The Schiedam firms Adr. of the Eelaert, A. Daalmeijer, S. Rijnbende and Zn., J.J. Meder and Son and Johs. de Kuyper & Son, present at the exhibition Horecaf in the Hague Zoo.
08/06/1948 The the commemoration of 200th anniversary Sun distillery. A. Eelaart . From the annals of the Brandewijn- en brandersgilde in Schiedam is in 1746 that the name of Van den Eelaart first appears, so the company is probably even older. It holds, however, the date of June 8, 1748 because on that day the company re-founded after a fierce fire.
Alderman P.B.M. Alberts congratulated the company on behalf of the municipality. Mr. C. Pelt offers on behalf of the staff to the director Sunderman an electric clock. Ms. Sunderman offers her husband on behalf of shareholders, a lamp.”

By: dennis dunne

dennis dunne — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:07:15 +0000

I have an old bottle. Years ago I saw a Titanic video that showed the bottle in the Titanic’s wine cellar . It is marked “ADRIANUS v.d. EELAART KORTE HAVEN SCHIEDAM” Can anyone give me info. Thanx

By: http://www.bbc.co.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:49:55 +0000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10673322

By: Tim Maly

Tim Maly — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:54:04 +0000

I love this.

I wonder, did any of the wreckage survivors have land-locked twins? Does a Champagne that survives a wreck command a premium over one that merely aged gracefully in a cellar?

Imagine a conspiracy of investors who torpedo ships, carefully marking the spot and returning decades later with salvage gear, and the hope of a high return.

By: ej

ej — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:09:22 +0000

How exactly do ocean currents and sunlight reach bottles stored in underwater chests?

By: WA wines

WA wines — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:39:25 +0000

While it would be nice to have a bottle of rare wine from the bottom of the ocean, from some exotic shipwreck, I’m not sure the investment would be a wise one, especially if it doesn’t make for good drinking!

By: Wineguy999

Wineguy999 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:54:07 +0000

I will always remember as a young man seeing the Jacques Cousteau episode where they brought amphoras of Greek wine from a hundreds-of-years-ago shipwreck.

Being good Frenchmen, they opened one and tried it. The verdict: Not great, but definitely drinkable.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:23:18 +0000

Or how about Krysstal (sp?) made from melted shards from ship-sinking icebergs. Also, the wines of the ocean moon of Europa.