BRL Hardy
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Formerly called
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Thomas Hardy and Sons, BRL Hardy, The Hardy Wine Company, Constellation Wines Australia |
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| Private equity | |
| Industry | wine |
| Founded | 1853 in Old Reynella, South Australia, Australia |
| Headquarters | Old Reynella, South Australia, Australia |
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Key people
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Ari Mervis (executive chairman since May 2018) |
| Brands | Amberley, Anakena, Arras, Atlas Peak, Babycham, 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, Sir James, St Hallett, Stanley, Stones, Stonier, Stowells, Ta Ku, Tatachilla, Tintara, Turner Road, Waipara Hills, William Hardy, Yarra Burn, XYZin. |
| Parent | The Carlyle Group |
| Website | www |
Accolade Wines is a major global wine business with headquarters in South Australia. It has been owned by The Carlyle Group private equity company since 2018.
Accolade 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.
Accolade Wines traces its beginning to Thomas Hardy and Sons, a company founded in 1853 which grew to become Australia's largest winemaker. The company headquarters are in Old Reynella, South Australia.
At 20 years of age, Thomas Hardy arrived in South Australia after sailing from the English county of Devon in 1850. He worked at Reynella Farm for John Reynell, then drove cattle to the Victorian goldfields. Hardy used the money he had earned to purchase a property on the banks of the River Torrens, which he named 'Bankside'. Shiraz and Grenache vines were planted on the Bankside property. Wine was sold locally and in England, and the profits enabled Hardy to buy the Tintara Vineyard Company about 1876. Hardy steadily expanded the company over the years, purchasing a bottling plant at Mile End, cellars on Currie Street in Adelaide, and a disused flour mill in McLaren Vale.
In 1938, then chairman Tom Mayfield Hardy was killed in an aeroplane crash along with other leading South Australian winemakers. His cousin, Kenneth Hardy, became chairman.
In 1968, the company established extensive vineyards in the Padthaway area.
In 1976, Thomas Hardy and Sons made its first corporate acquisition by purchasing the London-based Emu Wine Company, which included Houghton (Western Australia's largest winery) and Morphett Vale.
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