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Langton's Classification of Australian Wine is a listing of fine Australian wines compiled by wine-specialist auction house and online merchant Langton's. The Classification is a ranking of the best-performing Australian wines based on secondary market support over a minimum of 10 vintages. It was first published in 1991.
Australian wine accounts for a very large imported wine market share in South Asian countries and is the second largest imported wine in India with a market share of 16%. [40] Australia was China's largest supplier of imported wine, a standing achieved in part by free-trade agreements established between the two countries. [ 41 ]
In 2003, the brands of BRL Hardy and those of Constellation Brands were merged to create the world's largest international wine business. [10] BRL Hardy Limited was renamed The Hardy Wine Company. In 2006, Constellation Brands acquired Vincor International, adding the West Australian brands of Amberley and Goundrey to the Hardy portfolio.
The Angove Family Winemakers history began in 1886 when Dr William Angove emigrated to Australia from Cornwall. He established a medical practice at Tea Tree Gully , an Adelaide suburb. Along with other medical doctors at the time, including Dr Henry Lindeman and Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold , he began cultivating vines and making wine.
Australian Vintage Limited (AVG) is an Australian public company that operates within the wine production industry. It was established by Brian McGuigan with the help of his wife, Fay, and younger brother, Neil McGuigan. [ 1 ]
Yellow Tail was developed for the Casella family winery to enter into the bottled wine market—having previously supplied bulk wine to other wineries. [3] The Yellow Tail brand was developed in 2000 and was originally produced for the export market. It became the number one imported wine to the United States in 2011. [3] [4]
Penfolds is an Australian wine producer that was founded in Adelaide in 1844 by Christopher Rawson Penfold, an English physician who emigrated to Australia, and his wife Mary Penfold. [1] It is one of Australia's oldest wineries, and is currently part of Treasury Wine Estates. The chief winemaker since 2002 has been Peter Gago. [2] [3]
Taylors Wines is a family-owned winery established in 1969 and located in the Clare Valley of South Australia. Taylors is one of the founding members of the Australia's First Families of Wine . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As at 2022 it was ranked the thirteenth largest Australian wine company in terms of total revenue.