Orlando Wines is an

Australian wine The Australian wine industry is one of the world's largest exporters of wine, with approximately 800 million out of the 1.2 to 1.3 billion litres produced annually exported to overseas markets. The wine industry is a significant contributor ...

company, well known for Jacob's Creek wine, first released in 1976. The company has been a wholly owned

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Pernod Ricard Pernod Ricard () is a French company best known for its anise-flavoured pastis apéritifs Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis (often referred to simply as ''Pernod'' or '' Ricard''). The world’s second-largest wine and spirits seller, it also pro ...

since 1989 and is now known as

Pernod Ricard Winemakers Pernod Ricard Winemakers is the wholly owned wine subsidiary of French wine and spirits producer Pernod Ricard, which is one of the largest alcoholic beverage companies in the world. It arose from the Australian and New Zealand companies forme ...

. The winery still operates in the small township of

Rowland Flat Rowland Flat (formerly Rowland's Flat and Rowlands Flat) is a small South Australian town in the Barossa Valley, located on the Barossa Valley Highway between Lyndoch and Tanunda. The town has an elevation of 294m and is nestled at the foot o ...

, between

Lyndoch Lyndoch is a town in Barossa Valley, located on the Barossa Valley Highway between Gawler and Tanunda, 58 km northeast of Adelaide. The town has an elevation of 175m and an average rainfall of 560.5mm. It is one of the oldest towns in Sou ...

and Tanunda, in

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Barossa Valley The Barossa Valley (Barossa German: ''Barossa Tal'') is a valley in South Australia located northeast of Adelaide city centre. The valley is formed by the North Para River. It is notable as a major wine-producing region and tourist destina ...

wine-growing region.

History

In 1847

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n immigrant Johann Gramp planted his first

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vines on the banks of the then recently named Jacob's Creek. The vines flourished and led to the production of their first

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in 1850, making around 12 dozen bottles of

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style white wine from one small octave

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. The winery now produces some of Australia's most successful export wines, with some 80% of sales being made in 50+ export markets and having the leading brand in the UK, New Zealand and Asia. Orlando Wines was named Australian Exporter of the Year in 1993 and won the Maurice O'Shea Award in 1994. A modern visitor's centre and

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cellar, known as the Jacob's Creek Visitor's Centre, was opened in 2002, at which time a

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was buried to be opened in 2027.

Jacob's Creek

Jacob's Creek is an Australian

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brand that is exported to over 60 countries. It is produced by Pernod Ricard in the small township of

in the

. In 1847, Johann Gramp, the founder of Orlando Wines, planted some of the first

vines in the Barossa Valley along the banks of Jacob's Creek. Over a century later, in 1976, a 1973-vintage

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Cabernet Malbec became the first wine to be released under the Jacob's Creek label.

Sponsorships

The brand has sponsored many events, including the

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (branded as the Santos Tour Down Under under a partnership arrangement) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 UCI World ...

, but ended sponsorship in 2005 to return to traditional means of promotion, namely television and radio. However, naming rights have been retained for the

Jacob's Creek Open Championship The South Australian Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Nationwide Tour. History The event started in 1933 as the South Australian Close Championship. In 1950 it was renamed the South Australian Open, although it ...

. Jacob's Creek has also been a prominent sponsor of the

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tennis tournament since 2006. Since 2012, it has run television campaigns during the tournament featuring leading international tennis players sharing intimate anecdotes about their lives. The first of these campaigns, which ran from 2012 to 2014 was entitled 'Open Up' and featured

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. The most recent campaign, entitled 'Made By Moments' commenced in 2015 and features

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. A brand of wine produced by Jacob's Creek is "Cool Harvest", made by picking the grapes at the coolest period of the night to maximise the retention of tropical aromas and natural acidity. The cool harvest technique is used to produce a sparkling

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, as well as

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and a

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sauvignon blanc.

References

;Notes

External links

Orlando Wines website
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History

Jacob's Creek

Sponsorships

See also

References

External links