The International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts (ICCA) is the most prestigious corkscrew collector organization in the world. The homes of members from three continents including architects, attorneys, doctors, engineers, and an investment banker, are filled with world class corkscrew collections. Addicts continue to find and research fabulous old corkscrews.

INFORMATION

THE FOUNDATION. This first meeting of the International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts (ICCA) was held October 1, 1974. It was organized and hosted by Dr. Bernard Watney and held at the Guinness Brewery, London, England. It was decreed at this meeting that the leader of the group is to be known as "Right." Anyone would rather be Right than President. Brother Timothy was elected as the first Right of the ICCA. It was also decreed that there would be a Chaplain and a Chief Correspondent. Brother Tim was also elected Chaplain and Dr. Watney was elected Chief Correspondent.

MEMBERSHIP. The ICCA membership is fixed at fifty and there is a waiting list. Persons desiring to become members should make application to the Right. Such application should include size and nature of collection, number of years collecting, how addiction was developed, any research done, special interest, names of members personally known and some biographical information. A photograph and detailed description of what applicant regards as his six best corkscrews should be enclosed.

MEMBERSHIP - COUNTRIES. As of December 2008 membership included addicts from Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.

OFFICERS. Right, Chief Correspondent, Chaplain

APPOINTMENTS. Treasurer and Editor of the Bottle Scrue Times

HONORARY MEMBER. This title is sometimes bestowed as decided by the membership.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. There are no associate members at the present time.

CORRESPONDENTS' DUTIES. Members are required to send a "Best Six" to all other members each year. A member must attend at least one Annual General Meeting every three years. Ideally, addicts will attend every meeting.

PAST-RIGHTS. After resigning, each Right selects an honorary individual title: Brother Timothy is Just Right, Dr. Bernard Watney is Start Right, the late Dr. Homer Babbidge is All Right, Don Morway is More Right, Bob Nugent is Nu-Right, the late Perry Howland is How Right, Richard Dennis is Spend Right, Dr. David Bradshaw is Try Right, Don Minzenmayer is Hous-Right, Don Bull is Mirth Right, and Ron MacLean is Can(e) Right, Joseph C. Paradi is Pro-Right., Helger Solheim is Sol-Right, Wolfgang Handel is Hand-Right, and Bert Giulian is Read-Right.

THE BOTTLE SCRUE TIMES. An ICCA publication currently issued on a periodic basis by editor Jack Bandy and assistant editor Nick Hunt.

DUES. Annual dues are currently fixed at U.S.$100.00. Dues are payable to the treasurer by December 31 for the following year.

HOMER BABBIDGE AWARD. Awarded annually to an addict for exceptional research in the area of corkscrews.

FRANK MacDONALD AWARD. Presented to individual who publishes the best SIX BEST for the year.

2007-2008 OFFICERS

The Right: Fred Kincaid

e-mail:: fred@fredcork.com

The Chief Correspondent: Fred O'Leary

email: fsoleary@comcast.net

A Tribute to Bernard Watney

RULES

Rule 1: The Society shall consist of collectors, sellers and users of corkscrews who wish to add to and / or gain from the knowledge of other members.

Rule 2: Meetings shall be cordial affairs; both instructive and entertaining. At least one sound beverage shall be shown on each particular occasion, to be opened by a selected corkscrew.

Rule 3: A minute book shall be kept, and at each meeting the minutes of the last meeting shall be read and approved.

Rule 4: Addicts may propose or second as a member, anyone personally known to them and these candidates may then be considered to be elected provided that the membership does not, at any time, exceed twenty-five*. This number does not include officials of Museums and Auction Houses who, on being elected as associates may send suitable representatives to meetings.

Rule 5: The officers of the Society shall be; - Right, Chaplain,and Chief Correspondent who shall be elected annually at the General Meeting.

Rule 6: New resolutions involving a change of rule can only be adopted after a general referendum in which they obtain a majority of two thirds of those voting. The results of which shall be made known at the General Meeting.

Rule 7: Failure to circulate a "Best Six" or permitted alternative for two consecutive years shall result in forfeiture of membership.

Rule 8: Failure to attend any one of three consecutive Annual General Meetings shall result in forfeiture of membership.

*Increased to fifty as a result of 1976 meeting.

ANNUAL MEETING LOCATIONS

1974 London, England

1975 London, England

1976 Mont La Salle, Napa, California, U.S.A.

1977 London, England

1978 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.

1979 London, England

1980 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.

1981 West Sussex, England

1982 Lahaska, Pennsylvania (Morway)

1983 England (Hutchinson)

1984 France (Watney)

1985 Germany (Doornkaat)

1986 California, U.S.A. (Diener & Preiss)

1987 Italy

1988 Quebec, Canada (Hardy)

1989 London, England

1990 Switzerland and Italy (Seleger, DeSanctis, Fantoni, Giacomini)

1991 Hudson Valley, New York, U.S.A. (Bull)

1992 Denmark, Sweden and Norway (Ekman and Bendigtsen)

1993 Toronto, Ontario, Canada (MacLean and Paradi)

1994 Portugal (Roque)

1995 California (Andrew, Bandy, Sharp)

1996 Barcelona, Spain (Garcia-Ruano)

1997 Menerbes, France (Rousset-Rouard)

1998 London, England (Frank Ellis)

1999 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Giulian and Luterman)

2000 Germany (Händel)

2001 Florida (Hark & Erickson)

2002 Maastricht, Holland (Peters)

2003 Roanoke Valley, Virginia (Bull)

2004 Stockholm, Sweden (Berntson)

2005 Scrue-Cruise to Alaska (O'Leary)

2006 Australia (Hunt)

2007 Austria and Hungary (Handel and Paradi

2008 Williamsburg, Virginia (Luchsinger)

MEETINGS OF THE ICCA

1974 October 1. This first meeting was organized and hosted by Dr. Bernard Watney and held at the Guinness Brewery, London, England. It was decreed at this meeting that the leader of the group is to be known as "Right." Anyone would rather be Right than President. Brother Timothy was elected as the first Right of the ICCA. It was also decreed that there would be a Chaplain and a Chief Correspondent. Brother Tim was also elected Chaplain and Dr. Watney was elected Chief Correspondent.

1975 September 30. Hosted by Dr. Watney at the Guinness Brewery, London England. The existing officers were re-elected.

1976 November 18. Hosted by Brother Timothy at Mont La Salle, Napa, California. Dr. Watney elected Right, Dr. Homer Babbidge - Chief Correspondent and Brother Tim - Chaplain.

1977 September 30. Hosted by Dr. Watney at the Guinness Brewery, London, England. The existing officers were re-elected.

1978 November 1. Hosted by Alf Erickson and Peter McLennen at the Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. The existing officers were re-elected.

1979 September 26. Hosted by Dr. Watney at the Guinness Brewery, London, England.. Dr. Homer Babbidge elected to Right, Warren Rowe - Chief Correspondent and Brother Tim - Chaplain.

1980 October 12. Hosted by Dr. Babbidge at the Hartford Graduate Center, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. The existing officers were re-elected.

1981 October 10. Hosted by Dr. Watney and Evan Perry at the Horsham Town Hall, West Sussex, England. The existing officers were re-elected. Addict Perry stated that "a member who passes away passes through the 'Great Screw Hole in the Sky'."

1982 October 9. Hosted by Don Morway at Seven Pines Estate, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Don Morway was elected Right and the existing Chaplain and Chief Correspondent were re-elected.

1983 October 4. Hosted by Francis Hutchinson at the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. Bob Nugent was elected Right, Francis Hutchinson - Chief Correspondent and Brother Tim - Chaplain. Richard Dennis presented a ceramic punch bowl decorated with corkscrews and a punch recipe book to the ICCA. Addict Dennis became the first "Master of the Punch."

1984 October 26. Meeting held at Hotel de L'Univers, Tours, France. The existing officers were re-elected and Jeff Mattson was "Master of the Punch." Addicts enjoyed a week tour of France organized by addict Watney which included visits to some of the great wineries of Bordeaux.

1985 August 30. Hosted by Heinz ten Doornkaat at Excelsior Hotel, Cologne, Germany. Perry Howland was elected Right, Evan Perry - Chief Correspondent, and Brother Tim - Chaplain. Francis Hutchinson was appointed honorary treasurer and Gianni Giachin was "Master of the Punch." Addicts enjoyed a week adventure through Germany including the wine regions of the Rhine and Mosel Valleys.

1986 October 10. Hosted by Brother Timothy and Jack Preiss at the Sheraton Hotel, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California. The existing officers were re-elected with the addition of Don Bull being appointed Editor of the Bottle Scrue Times. Francis Hutchinson was "Master of the Punch." Addicts viewed Brother Tim's collection at the Christian Brothers Winery and visited other wineries of Napa Valley.

1987 September 28. Hosted by Paolo DeSanctis at the Abbey of Coltibuono in Tuscany, Italy. Richard Dennis elected Right, Dr. David Bradshaw - Chief Correspondent, and Brother Tim - Chaplain. Hutchinson and Bull were re-appointed and Mike Sharp was "Master of the Punch." Addicts viewed the DeSanctis collection and visited Pisa, Florence, Siena, Perugia and Torgiano.

1988 July 27. Hosted by Claude Hardy at Hotel Chateau Champlain, Montreal, Canada. The existing officers and honorary positions were re-elected. Herb Danziger was "Master of the Punch." Addicts viewed the Hardy collection and visited Montreal and Quebec City.

1989 September 24. Hosted by the English members at Reform Club, Pallmall, London, England. David Bradshaw was elected Right, Don Minzenmayer -Chief Correspondent, and Brother Tim - Chaplain. Hutchinson and Bull were re-appointed and Maurizio Fantoni was "Master of the Punch." Addicts viewed the Dennis, Miles, Hutchinson, Giachin and Burton collections and visited Bath, Somerset, Brighton and landmarks of London.

1990 October 30. Hosted by Paolo DeSanctis, Maurizio Fantoni and Piero Giacomini at Metropole Hotel, Venice, Italy. The existing officers were re-elected. Hutchinson was re-appointed as Honorary Treasurer and Joe Paradi was appointed editor of the Bottle Scrue Times. Joe Paradi was "Master of the Punch." Addicts were hosted in Zurich, Switzerland by Hans Seleger where they viewed an Exhibition containing many addicts' corkscrews prior to the trip over the Alps to Lucerne, Milan, Brescia and Venice.

1991 October 2. Hosted by Don Bull at the Beekman Arms Inn, Rhinebeck, New York. Don Minzenmayer was elected Right, Don Bull - Chief Correspondent and Brother Tim - Chaplain. Hutchinson and Paradi were re-appointed and Jack Preiss was "Master of the Punch." Addicts viewed the Bull collection and visited wineries and other points of interest in the Hudson Valley.

1992 August 19. Hosted by Per Ekman and Bjorn Bendigtsen at Holmenkollen Hotel, Oslo, Norway. The existing officers were re-elected. Don Squair was "Master of the Punch." Addicts viewed the Jan Ekman collection and visited Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

1993 August 20. Hosted by Ron MacLean and Joe Paradi at Westin Harbour Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Don Bull was elected Right, Ron MacLean - Chief Correspondent and Brother Tim - Chaplain. Existing honorary positions were re-appointed. Right Minzenmayer and Right To Be Bull were "Masters of the Double Right Punch." Addicts viewed the MacLean, Paradi and Luchsinger collections and visited the Seagram's Museum, Niagara Falls and other points of interest.

1994 September 25. Hosted by Adolfo Roque at Hotel Altis, Lisbon, Portugal. The existing officers were re-elected. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Addict Paradi continues as editor of the Bottle Scrue Times. Try-Right David Bradshaw became on honorary member. Bjorn Bendigsten was "Master of the Punch." The trip included visits to Oporto, the Douro Valley, Sintra and Lisbon. Addicts were treated to a lunch at the Roque home with a viewing of corkscrews.

1995 August 13. Hosted by Fred Andrew, Michael Sharp and Jack Bandy in California.The Annual Meeting was held at the Red Lion Hotel in Bakersfield. The existing officers were re-elected. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Addict Paradi continues as editor of the Bottle Scrue Times. Bert Giulian was "Master of the Punch." The trip included visits to The Huntington Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratories and the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena plus farmland and oilfields in Bakersfield. Attendees viewed the collections of Andrew, Bandy and Sharp as well as the largest displays of barscrews and Syroco corkscrews ever assembled.

1996 September 27. Hosted by Xavier Garcia-Ruano in Barcelona, Spain. .The Annual Meeting was held at the Hotel Barcelo Sants in Barcelona. Ron MacLean was elected Right. Joseph C. Paradi was elected Chief Correspondent. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Addict Paradi continues as editor of the Bottle Scrue Times. Per Ekman was "Master of the Punch." The trip included visits to Montserat, the Olympic Village, the Dali Museum, the Picasso Museum, Costa Brava and tours of the city with the Mayor's wife. Attendees were treated to their own assemblage of three favorite corkscrews each on display in the hotel lobby for the entire week.

1997 October 3. Hosted by Yves Rousset-Rouard in Provence, France. The Annual Meeting was held at Cloitre Saint Louis in Avignon, France. Ron MacLean was elected Right. Joseph C. Paradi was elected Chief Correspondent. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Addict Paradi continues as editor of the Bottle Scrue Times. Alf Erickson was "Master of the Punch." The trip included visits to Yves' extraordinary Museum of Corkscrews and Winery in Menerbes, the Palais des Papes, Les Bories, Abbaye de Senanque, Roussillon and the flea market at L'Isle sur la Sorgue.

1998 September 17. Hosted by Frank Ellis, Bernard Masson, and Gregory Taylor in London, England. The Annual Meeting was held at the Hotel Rembrandt. Joseph C. Paradi was elected Right. Helgir G. Solheim was elected Chief Correspondent. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Addict Ellis volunteered for the position editor of the Bottle Scrue Times. Bert Miles was "Master of the Punch." The trip included various London sites including the antique markets at Bermondsey and Portobello Road.

1999 September 8. Hosted by Bert Giulian and Howard Luterman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Annual Meeting was held at the Four Seasons Hotel. Joseph C. Paradi was elected Right. Helgir G. Solheim was elected Chief Correspondent. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Addict Ellis volunteered for the position editor of the Bottle Scrue Times. Wolfgang Handel was "Master of the Punch." The trip included visits to Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Hershey World, and the Mercer Museum. The highlights of the week were the viewing of the collections of addicts Giulian, Luterman, and Morway.

2000 September 16. Hosted by Wolfgang Händel in Eisenach, Germany with assistance from Klaus Pumpenmeier and Klaus Biermann. The Annual Meeting was held at the Hotel Wartburg. Helgir Solheim was elected Right. Wolfgang Händel was elected Chief Correspondent. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Addict Bandy volunteered for the position editor of the Bottle Scrue Times. John Morris was "Master of the Punch." The trip started in Berlin with the Right's reception in the "Le Tire Bouchon" bar of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel with the balance of the week in the Eisenach area. Highlights included visits to the shop of Manfred Heckmann in Berlin, visits to the corkscrew manufacturers and museum in Steinbach-Hallenberg, and a visit to the Monopol corkscrew factory in Marburg. On the final day there was a superb exhibit of corkscrews by the Verein Korkenzieherfreunde including a large collection of Dreko corkscrews. For pictorial stories of the meeting events, see The ICCA in Germany. For more details and great photos of the meeting see Alf Erickson's Corkscrews in Germany.

2001 November 7. Hosted by Ken & Marcia Hark in Miami Beach, Florida. The Annual Meeting was held at the Ocean Front Wyndham Miami Beach Resort. Helgir Solheim was elected Right. Wolfgang Händel was elected Chief Correspondent. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Jack Bandy continues as BST editor. Nick Hunt was "Master of the Punch." Although the news media was hyping Hurricane Michelle, the addicts ignored the forecasts and had an enjoyable week including sips of Chateau Michelle Champagne!

2002 Hosted by Ferd and Mariet Peters in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Wolfgang Händel was elected Right. Bert Giulian was elected Chief Correspondent. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Jack Bandy continues as BST editor. Milt Becker was "Master of the Punch."

2003 Hosted by Don and Bonnie Bull in the Roanoke Valley, Virginia. Wolfgang Händel was elected Right. Bert Giulian was elected Chief Correspondent. Addict Howard Luterman was appointed as Honorary Treasurer. Jack Bandy continues as BST editor.Howard Luterman was "Master of the Punch." Highlights of the meeting included lunch at Chateau Morrisette, a visit to Bob Roger's corkscrew (and more) museum, Omar at Safari Park, Natural Bridge, and the Roanoke Star.

The 2004 meeting was hosted by Buster Berntson with Per and Christina Ekman in Stockholm, Sweden. A tour of the city was topped off by a visit to the Tekniska Museet where a special exhibit of corkscrew included Lindstrom's 1870 patent and the patents of Hornum, Stallknecht and Sonnergren. Highlights of the trip included an exhibit of 585 corkscrews by members of Helix Scandinavica and a huge knife display from the collection of Arne Marmér at the Industrial Museum. Anne-Lise Köhler and Martin Jessen served the traditional punch. Bert Giulian was elected Right and Ferd Peters was elected Chief Correspondent. Right Händel retired with title Hand-Right.

In 2005 the ICCA set sail for Alaska from Vancouver aboard the Coral Princess. The "ScrueCruise" was organized by Fred O'Leary and all corkscrew collectors were invited to join the ICCA for this adventure. Fred Kincaid enlisted the service of several addicts to make presentation during the voyage in the "Corkscrew University". All addicts passed the courses and were presented with a "Certificate of Completion." Klaus Bierman was the Punchmaster. The Right and Chief Correspondent were re-elected.

In 2006 Nick Hunt brought addicts "down under" for a fabulous meeting in Sydney, Australia highlighted by addicts climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge, a night at the opera and a visit to Nick's home to view his corkscrew collection. Bert Giulian was elected Right for a third term and Fred Kincaid was elected Chief Correspondent. Howard Luterman continues to handle the ICCA money as treasurer.

The 2007 was held in Austira and Hungary. Fred Kincaid was elected Right and Fred O'Leary was elected Chief Correspondent. Howard Luterman still handles the money.

CORKSCREW DEFINITIONS

CORKSCREW: NOUN - A device for drawing corks from bottles, consisting of a pointed metal spiral attached to a handle. .

CORKSCREW: VERB - To move or proceed on a repeatedly curving course

CORKSCREW: ADJECTIVE - Resembling a corkscrew in shape; spiral.

CORKSCREW TRANSLATION

Cavatappi (Italian)

Dugohuzo (Hungarian)

Hapese e Shishes (Albanian)

Kai Sai Zuan (Chinese)

Kamsciatraukis (Lithuanian)

Korkenzieher (German)

Korketrekker (Norwegian)

Korkkiruuvi (Finnish)

Korkociag (Polish)

Korkskruv (Swedish)

Kurkentrekker (Dutch)

Levatappi (Italian)

Minza us Sida-Da (Arabic)

Otvarac za Botse (Serbian)

Otvirak (Czech)

Pothan (Hebrew)

Probotschnik (Russian)

Proptraekker (Danish)

Sacacorchos (Spanish)

Saca-Rolhas (Portuguese)

Schtopor (Russian)

Sennuki (Japanese)

Sise Acacagi (Turkish)

Tappatogari (Islandic)

Terbuschon (Bulgarian)

Tirbuson (Romanian)

Tirbuson (Turkish)

Tire Bouchon (French)

Tirepouson (Greek)

Vaditschep (Yugoslavian)

Zapfenzieher (Swiss German)

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