Australia's First Families of Wine (AFFW) 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 ...

initiative to promote Australian wine.Funding First Families of Wine to boost exports
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* Brown Brothers, founded in 1885, with vineyards in the King Valley, Heathcote and Swan Hill wine regions of Victoria * Campbells of Rutherglen, founded in 1870, with vineyards in the Rutherglen wine region of Victoria *

D'Arenberg d'Arenberg is an Australian wine company founded in 1912. All of its vineyards are located in South Australia's McLaren Vale wine region, although some of the wines they make are produced from grapes sourced from the Adelaide Hills wine re ...

, (the Osborn family), founded in 1912, with vineyards in the McLaren Vale wine region of South Australia * Henschke, founded in 1868, with vineyards in the Eden Valley and Adelaide Hills wine regions of South Australia *

Howard Park Wines Howard Park Wines are Margaret River and Great Southern wine specialists and a family-owned winery owned by the Burch family, which is responsible for such brands as Howard Park, MadFish, and Marchand & Burch. With an established winery base ...

, (the Burch family), founded in 1986, with vineyards in the

Margaret River The Margaret River is a river in southwest Australia, southwest Western Australia. In a small catchment, it is the eponym of the town and tourist region of Margaret River, Western Australia, Margaret River. The river arises from a catchment ...

and Great Southern wine regions of

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

* Jim Barry Wines, founded in 1959, with vineyards in the Clare Valley and Coonawarra wine regions of South Australia *

Tahbilk Tahbilk Winery is a historic Australian winery with National Trust certification. It is located north of Melbourne between the townships of Seymour and Nagambie in the Nagambie Lakes a sub region of Goulburn Valley Wine Region. It was est ...

, (the Purbrick family), founded in 1860, with vineyards in the Nagambie Lakes wine region of Victoria *

Taylors Wines __NOTOC__ 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.Halliday, James (2012) ''Australian Wine ...

, founded in 1969, with vineyards in the Clare Valley wine region of South Australia * Tyrrell's, founded in 1858, with vineyards in the Hunter Valley wine region of New South Wales, the Heathcote wine region of Victoria and the McLaren Vale wine region and Limestone Coast wine zone of South Australia *

Yalumba Yalumba is an Australian winery located near the town of Angaston, South Australia in the Barossa Valley wine region. It was founded by a British brewer, Samuel Smith, who emigrated to Australia with his family from Wareham, Dorset in August ...

, (the Hill Smith family), founded in 1849, with vineyards in the Eden Valley and the Barossa Valley wine regions of South Australia. Inaugural members no longer included: * McWilliam's Wines, founded in 1877, with vineyards in the Riverina, Hunter Valley and Hilltops wine regions of New South Wales, the

Yarra Valley The Yarra Valley is a region in Victoria, Australia, centred around the Yarra River. Known for its natural beauty, agricultural significance, and as one of Australia's prominent wine-producing areas, the valley stretches from the upper reache ...

wine region of Victoria, the Coonawarra wine region of South Australia and the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia *

De Bortoli Wines De Bortoli Wines is a wine-producing private family-owned company based in Australia. In 2022 it was ranked the seventh largest Australian wine company by production, and the sixth largest in terms of total revenue. Its range of wines include ...

, founded in 1928, with wineries and vineyards in the

Riverina The Riverina () is an agricultural list of regions in Australia, region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, a climate with significant seaso ...

and Hunter Valley wine regions of New South Wales, and the Yarra Valley and Rutherglen wine regions of Victoria, with additional vineyards in the Heathcote and King Valley regions of Victoria

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