Accolade Wines

In 2011 and 2012 the US company constellation brands sold its Australian, South African, and European wine interests to Australian Champ Private Equity, who renamed them Accolade Wines. In 2014 Accolade produced more wine than any other Australian company although treasury wine estates had higher revenues. Accolade’s Australian brands include Amberley, Banrock Station, Bay of Fires, Berri, Brookland Valley, Goundrey, hardys, Houghton, the leading Australian sparkling wine brand House of Arras, Leasingham, Moondah Brook, Omni, Renmano, Reynella, Stanley, and Yarra Burn. They also acquired Geyser Peak, Atlas Peak, and XYZ alongside Mud House and Waipara Hills of New Zealand. Kumala, South Africa’s biggest-selling branded wine, is another important product, while the company also owns several mass-market California wine brands such as Echo Falls. Much of Accolade’s wine is shipped around the world in bulk. At a facility outside Bristol, Accolade is the UK’s major wine bottler and packager of wine in boxes.