Accolade Builds a US Foundation on New World Wines

Accolade Wines, owned by private equity Champ, is the largest wine company by volume in both Australia and the UK, but before 2012 when it purchased California's Geyser Peak, Atlas Peak and XYZin from Ascentia, it had very little presence in the US. Since then, the company has made the US market a priority and has steadily been building its portfolio and route to market. "When we bought [the Ascentia brands] I think they were definitely in a state of