The history of TASTER WINE is short compared with so many other wine companies, but on the other hand it is characterised by activity and a dynamic progress, and to day this has made Taster Wine A/S the biggest independent private owned wine company in Denmark. The company was established in 1946 by Fritz Paustian Senior. Since then the following wine companies have either been bought up or taken over:
1950 E. Meilstrups Vinhandel
1951 Leif Jørgensens Vinhandel
1952 Chr. Funders 2. Eftf.
1959 Vinfirmaet Georg Franck A/S
1960 Oskar Davidsen & Co.
1961 Vinfirmaet Mogens Wengel
1962 Vinfirmaet Bennyson & Co.
1962 Agerskov Nielsens Vinhandel
1968 Oskar Eliasens Eftf.
1972 S. L. Langhoff´s Eftf. A/S
1972 Kaj Paustians Vinhandel
1972 Waagepetersens Eftf. A/S
1976 A. Duus & Co.
1984 Aug. Gerners Eftf. A/S
1984 A/S Skjold Burne
1988 Carl Krumbak & Co. A/S
1993 Harboes Bryggeri Vertriebs-GmbH, Harrislee, Germany
1996 Østergades Vinhandel A/S, Strøget in Copenhagen
Nowadays the Taster Wine group consists of 4 independent units:
Taster Wine A/S - wine wholesale
A/S Skjold Burne - sales to the retail chain of the same name
Oskar Davidsen & Co. - sales to the hotel and the restaurant sector
Taster Wine Vertriebs-GmbH - wine wholesale border trade and Germany
These have totally an annual turnover of approx. 550.000.000 DKK and 123 employees.
Taster Wine A/S (www.taster-wine.com ) is a country-wide wine merchants, which is supplying shopping chains, supermarkets, grocers, specialist shops, as well as tax-free and the export market. Taster Wine Vertriebs-GmbH supply the border trade and Germany.
Skjold Burne (www.skjold-burne.dk ) is the oldest and biggest chain of wine merchants in Denmark, with around 75 distributors all over the country.
Oskar Davidsen & Co. (www.oskar-davidsen.dk ) is a country-wide full service wine merchants, specialised to supply hotels and restaurants.