July 2024

Pernod Ricard has sold its international wine brands to Australian Wine Holdco Limited (AWL), a consortium of institutional investors and owner of Accolade Wines.

Brettanomyces bruxellensis (a.k.a. Brett) is considered a spoilage yeast by some winemakers and a resourceful agent of sensory transformation by others. Most wineries agree that Brett takes away from wine quality, but some wineries say they use Brett to add complexity and interest to their red wines [1]. Most winemakers place the highest value on the truest expression of a vineyard and are fierce defenders against Brett’s impact on their products.