Wolf Blass 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 ...
ry based in
Nuriootpa, South Australia
Nuriootpa ( ) is a town in South Australia and the major commercial centre of the Barossa Valley, about an hour's drive north of the state capital, Adelaide. The name of the town is reputed to be the local Aboriginal word for "meeting place".
...
within the
Barossa Valley wine region.
Overview
It was established in 1966 by Wolfgang Blass (born 2 September 1934),
a German immigrant who arrived in Australia in 1961 with little money but with a diploma in winemaking. One of his first jobs was with
Tolley, Scott and Tolley as a winemaker.
[Ejbich, Konrad, ''Styleathome.com'' ()]
Wine & spirits: Colour-coded sipping
/ref> Wolf Blass Wines Ltd was purchased by Mildara in 1991, to form Mildara Blass, and was itself bought by Fosters Brewing six years later, which then acquired the Rothbury Group in 1998.
Contentions by Blass include that "parasitic and idiotic funding systems for overseas promotion mean that overproduced wine from Australian irrigated fruit will hit rock bottom, facing competition from South Africa", and "Barossa should focus on what it does best: full-bodied Shiraz".[ He has also stated that "No table wine over 15% /nowiki>alcohol_by_volume.html" ;"title="alcohol_by_volume.html" ;"title="/nowiki>alcohol by volume">/nowiki>alcohol by volume">alcohol_by_volume.html" ;"title="/nowiki>alcohol by volume">/nowiki>alcohol by volume/nowiki> should ever get any medal, anywhere in the world, ever."][Woods, Catherine, ''Decanter.com'' (15 December 2008)]
Wolf Blass: Australia will hit rock bottom
/ref>
Sponsorship and scholarships
Wolf Blass Sponsor AFL Women's.
See also
*South Australian food and drink
*German Australian
References
External links
Wolf Blass official siteWolf Blass won the Barossa Valley Wine of the Year Trophy at CWSA Best Value 2016
Wineries in South Australia
Foster's Group
Barossa Valley
Treasury Wine Estates
Australian companies established in 1966
Food and drink companies established in 1966
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