Orlando Wines is an

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

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since 1989 and is now known as

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. The winery still operates in the small township of Rowland Flat, between Lyndoch and Tanunda, in

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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 Rowland Flat 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, 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. Jacob's Creek has also been a 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.

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History

Jacob's Creek

Sponsorships

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