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Hardys
哈迪酒莊，是澳大利亞最知名的葡萄酒品牌之一，有著悠久且卓越的歷史。酒莊的締造者託馬斯·哈迪Thomas Hardy在1850年的時候從英國的家鄉戴文郡航行來到當時位於南澳的新英屬殖民地，那時候他才20歲。三年之後，在阿德萊德託倫斯河岸邊，託馬斯建立起了自己的釀酒廠。
Thomas Hardy
數十年後，他與兒子們創建了託馬斯哈迪父子Thomas Hardy & Sons品牌，出口了第一批南澳葡萄酒運往英國，這促進了麥克拉倫谷McLaren Vale產區的葡萄酒發展。
Thomas Hardy & Sons winery託馬斯哈迪於1912年去世，他被譽為澳洲葡萄酒產業之父，「哈迪」這個名字也被刻入了澳洲葡萄酒歷史。1976年，託馬斯哈迪父子公司收購了鴯鶓葡萄酒公司EMU Wine Company，因此就擁有了西澳歷史悠久的霍頓葡萄酒Houghton Wines品牌。
在1982年，公司又收購了麥克拉倫谷的雷內拉酒莊Chateau Reylella，似乎兜兜轉轉又回到了夢開始的地方，正是雷內拉酒莊的創始者約翰雷內爾帶領年輕的託馬斯哈迪進入葡萄酒釀造領域。
1992年，這個家族企業成為了一家上市公司，並與一家河地葡萄酒合作社合併，創立了BRL Hardy公司。
Hardys是目前公司的榮譽旗艦品牌，其中Thomas Hardy和Eileen Hardy系列葡萄酒是為了紀念創始人託馬斯·哈迪Thomas Hardy和其孫託馬斯·梅菲爾德·哈迪Thomas Mayfield Hardy的妻子艾琳哈迪Eileen Hardy。艾琳哈迪是以為頗有膽識的女掌門人，在丈夫梅菲爾德因空難去世的困苦時間裡，她十分勇敢地擔起家族重任將公司在衰落的邊緣拉回往日的繁榮。
紀念款，Thomas Hardy系列以及Eileen Hardy系列
公司的子品牌包括：Sir James、Tinara、Oomoo和William Hardy。其中Banrock Station和Stamp of Australia是重要的出口子品牌系列。
在山姆sam會員店可以買到Hardy品牌的Chronicles系列
One of Australia’s best-known wine brands, with a long and distinguished history. Founder Thomas Hardy was just 20 when he sailed from Devon, England to the new colony of South Australia in 1850. Three years later he founded his winery at bankside on the River Torrens in Adelaide. Within a few decades he brought his sons into the business creating Thomas Hardy & Sons, exported South Australia’s first wine to the UK, and stimulated the McLaren Vale region’s development. When he died in 1912, he was regarded as one of the fathers of the Australian wine industry and Hardys was cemented in wine history. In 1976 Thomas Hardy & Sons purchased the Emu Wine Company, thereby acquiring Western Australia’s Houghton Wines. In 1982 Hardys completed a neat circle, buying Chateau Reynella in McLaren Vale, whose founder John Reynell had introduced the young Thomas Hardy to winemaking. In 1992 the family business became a public company, merging with Berri Renmano --a riverland wine co-operative-- to create BRL Hardy. Hardys is now the flagship brand of Accolade Wines and comprises a full range of wines capped by the Thomas Hardy and Eileen Hardy labels commemorating respectively the founder and Eileen, the wife of one of his grandsons, Thomas Mayfield Hardy. Eileen was a courageous matriarch who continued the business when it might otherwise have faltered following the untimely death of her husband in a plane crash. Subbrands include Sir James, Tinara, Oomoo, and William Hardy. Banrock Station and Stamp of Australia are important export labels.
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