Casella Family Brands is a family-owned wine company based in

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. Its most well-known brandname is ellow tail

History

Filippo and Maria Casella immigrated to Australia in 1957. They bought land and established a vineyard at

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in the

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region of

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in 1965, followed by their own winery in 1969. Their son, John Casella took over the business in 1994. ellow tailwas introduced in 2001 and now sells over 12.5 million cases of wine in 50 countries annually.

Brand names

As well as the ellow tailbrand, Casella Family Brands produces and sells several other wine labels, including: * Brand’s Laira ( Coonawarra) * Peter Lehmann Wines (

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) *Young Brute (

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) *Morris of Rutherglen (

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) *Casella * Shaw Family Vintners ( Currency Creek)

References

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