Accolade Wines

Accolade Wines
FormerlyThomas Hardy and Sons
BRL Hardy
The Hardy Wine Company
Constellation Wines Australia
Company typePrivate equity
Industrywine
Founded1853; 171 years ago (1853) in Old Reynella, South Australia, Australia
Headquarters,
Key people
Robert Foye, Chief Executive Officer[1]
BrandsAmberley, Anakena, Arras, Atlas Peak, Banrock Station, Bay of Fires, Berri Estates, Brookland Valley, Country Manor, Da Luca, Echo Falls, Eddystone Point, Fish Hoek, Flagstone, Geyser Peak, Ginger Joe, Goundrey, Grant Burge, Hardys, Houghton, House of Arras, Jack Rabbit, Knappstein, Kumala, Leasingham, Le Portail des Coteaux, Mezzomondo, Moondah Brook, Mud House, Omni, Petaluma, Renmano, Reynella, Rolf Binder Wines, Sir James, St Hallett, Stanley, Stones, Stonier, Stowells, Ta Ku, Tatachilla, Tintara, Turner Road, Waipara Hills, William Hardy, Yarra Burn, XYZin.
ParentCarlyle Group
Websitewww.accolade-wines.com

Accolade Wines is an international wine business with headquarters in South Australia and corporate offices in Melbourne.[2] It has been owned by the Carlyle Group, an American private equity company, since 2018.[3][4]

Accolade, which predominantly uses the Hardy's label, is one of the worlds largest winemakers, has more than 1700 employees around the world, with operations in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, mainland Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. As at 2022 it was ranked the second largest Australian wine company by production[5] and second largest in terms of total revenue.[6]

  1. ^ Accolade Wines > Management Archived 15 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ "ACCOLADE WINES BACKS SCOTLAND'S DRS SCHEME". The Drinks Business. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ Macdonald, Anthony; Thompson, Sarah (5 April 2018). "CHAMP secures $1b deal for Australian winemaker Accolade Wines". Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ^ Berry, Petrina (1 June 2018). "US firm looks to Asia after buying SA-based Accolade Wines". InDaily. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Australia's largest wine companies by total wine production". winetitles.com. winetitles media. 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Australia's largest wine companies by total revenue". winetitles.com. winetitles media. 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2024.