Accolade Wines

Accolade Wines is a major global wine business with operations in North America, UK, Ireland, mainland Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. It grew from Thomas Hardy and Sons, a company founded by Thomas Hardy in 1853 in Adelaide, to become Australia's largest winemaker. In January 2011 the company was sold, along with Constellation Europe, to the Australian private equity company CHAMP Private Equity and was renamed "Accolade Wines" on 27 June 2011. Accolade Wines has evolved into a global wine company, selling some of the world’s best-known brands in over 80 countries, including Australia, UK, mainland Europe, the US, Canada, Japan and China. The business is the largest wine company by volume in the UK and Australia, with a portfolio ranging from the historic Hardys, through to "Kumala", the UK's number two South African wine brand. The UK portfolio includes "Echo Falls", the third largest wine brand in the UK; Stowells, the number one wine brand in the on-premise trade; Banrock Station, the UK’s number one environmentally friendly/Green wine brand and South African wines Fish Hoek and Flagstone.