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1951 after learning
wine-making tech-
niques in Bordeaux.
He then created a red
wine equal to the finest
Bordeaux wines in quality
and ageing potential. Bottles
of the 1951 vintage are sold at
auctions as much as A$ 50,000.
Australia’s 850 or so wineries pro-
duce only a third of what is produced
in California. The reasonably priced,
excellent wines are appreciated
across the whole world. Chardonnay
is now the third most popular wine
after Shiraz. Cabernet Shiraz the Aus-
tralian counterpart of the French Syrah
grape from the northern Rhône Valley
has also received good reviews.
2. Wolf Blass , established in 1966 ,
is a leading winemaker of the Foster’s
group .They are , based in South
Australia’s Barossa Valley. Their win-
ery, the largest winery in the Barossa
Valley ,has won many awards and it
has substantial exports to the United
Kingdom.
3. Lindemans, also from The Foster’s
Group was founded in 1843 by
Henry Lindeman, who planted its
first vines in New South Wales. This
winery now has vineyards in Padtha-
wayand at Karadoc ,South Australia.
Bin 65 chardonnay of Lindemans is
Australia’s top white-wine export .Its
five consecutive vintages have been
named “best buys” by The Wine
Spectator, a consumer magazine.In
his newsletter The Wine Advocate.
Robert M. Parker, Jr. has called it “one
of the three or four finest chardonnay
values in the world”
4. Rosemount is based in Hunter
Valley and South Australia. Started in
1969 by Bob Oatley , it was Aus-
tralia’s largest family owned winery.
In 2005 it was bought out by the Fos-
ter’s Group. Rosemount’s first product
was a Chardonnay-Sémillon labeled
as Pinot Riesling.
5. Hardy Wine Co is the world’s
largest individual wine making firm.
It was founded by Thomas Hardy in
1850s South Australia. Wine making
became so successful for him, that he
was selling wines both locally and in
England, and so was able to pur-
chase the Tintara Vineyard Company
in 1876. In 1992 Thomas Hardy &
Sons and Berri Renmano Limited
merged to become
Australia’s second largest wine group,
BRL Hardy Limited. In 2003, the
brands of BRL Hardy and those of
Constellation Brands were merged to
create the world’s largest international
wine business, and BRL Hardy Limited
became the Hardy Wine Company.
6. Jacob’s Creek is exported to over
60 countries. It is owned and pro-
duced by Orlando Wines in the Ba-
rossa Valley. In 1847 Johann Gramp,
the founder of Orlando Wines,
planted some of the first grape vines
in the Barossa Valley along the banks
of Jacob’s Creek. The 1973 vintage
Shiraz Cabernet Malbec was the first
wine released with the Jacob’s Creek
label in 1976. Its high quality is very
popular in Australia, and around the
world. Jacob’s Creek fruit is sourced
from different regions within South
East Australia, to avoid seasonal vari-
ations and improve the quality of the
wine.
7. De Bortoli Wines is one of the
larger privately owned companies in
Australia. De Bortoli makes a wide
range of wines including the world
acclaimed sweet white Noble One.
De Bortoli Wines was established in
1928 by Vittorio and Giuseppina De
Bortoli and