Orlando Wyndham is owned by the French Pernod-Ricard group. The group currently holds about 2,000 hectares of vineyards and includes the following subsidiaries/brands:
- Orlando
- Jacob's Creek
- Wyndham Estate
- Poet's Corner
- Carrington
- Coolabah
- Maison
- Steingarten
- Jacaranda Ridge
- Morris Wines
- Richmond Grove
- Gramps
- Montrose
- Craigmoor
- Wickham Hill
It is well known in export markets for the Jacob's Creek range.
In 1997 Orlando Wyndham embarked on a major expansion and international marketing program to virtually double exports of its top-selling Jacob's Creek. The initiative will result in global sales of Jacob's Creek increasing to more than four million cases by 2001. Jacob's Creek has been the UK's biggest selling wine since 1992.
Orlando Wyndham announced in 1997 it will spend more than $66 million over the next four years to upgrade and expand its winery and vineyard operations in South Australia and New South Wales, with significant investment planned at the company's two Barossa Valley wineries.
In 1998 Orlando launched a new bottling line, capable of filling and packaging 23,000 bottles an hour, as Orlando Wyndham prepares to export up to half a million cases a year of its Jacob's Creek label into North America. It is part of a worldwide push to double exports of Jacob's Creek to four million cases a year by 2001.
Orlando Wyndham Mergers and Acquisitions
1970 Reckitt & Colman (UK) acquires Morris Wines, Rutherglen, VIC
1971 Reckitt & Colman (UK) acquires Orlando Wines, Barossa Valley, SA
1975 Wyndham Estate, Hunter Valley, NSW, acquires Hollydene Vineyards, NSW
1985 Wyndham Estate, Hunter Valley, NSW, acquires Saxonvale Vineyards, Hunter Valley, NSW
1987 Management buy-out of Orlando Wines from Reckitt & Colman (UK) (±$75 mill)
1988 Wyndham Estate acquires Montrose/Craigmoor Wineries, Mudgee, NSW and Amberton Wines
1989 Pernod Ricard (France) acquires 80% of Orlando/Morris Wines
1990 Orlando Wines (Pernod Ricard) acquires Wyndham Estate, NSW (±$70 mill)
1993 Orlando Wyndham (Pernod Ricard) acquires Chateau Leonay/Leo Buring Winery, Tanunda, SA re-named Richmond Grove (±$3 mill)
1993 Orlando Wyndham (Pernod Ricard) acquires Buronga Hill Winery/Vineyards, NSW (±$10 mill)
1994 Orlando Wyndham (Pernod Ricard) sells Buronga Hill Winery/ Vineyards 900 ha vineyards/land to listed Simeon Wines, NSW (±$18.7 mill)
1994 Orlando Wyndham (Pernod Ricard) sells Richmond Grove Winery, Hunter Valley, NSW to Brian McGuigan Wines, NSW
1995 Orlando Wyndham (Pernod Ricard) acquires 310 ha for planting at Langhorne Creek, SA (±$15 mill)
1996 Pernod Ricard acquires 8% share-holding by Dominion Brewery (NZ) (±$20 mill)
1996 Orlando Wyndham (Pernod Ricard) sells Saxonvale Winery to 'Hill of Hope', NSW
1996 Orlando Wyndham (Pernod Ricard) sells Hunter Estate Winery/Vineyard to Brian McGuigan Wines, NSW (±$3.6 mill)
1997 Orlando Wyndham (Pernod Ricard) sells Hollydene Vineyards, Denman, NSW to Lian Huat Group (Singapore) (±$1.4 mill)
1998 Pernod Ricard acquires 10% shareholding by Bank Credit Agricole (FRA), now owns 98%
