CONSTELLATION BRANDS GROWS ITS UNIVERSE

摘要

In 2003, Constellation Brands acquired Australia's BRL Hardy and New Zealand's Nobilo, setting the stage for other major takeovers later in the decade including: Canada's Vin-cor International, Spirits Marque One-owner of Svedka Vodka-and Beam Wines Estates, the wine operation of Fortune Brands. The most newsworthy of the bunch, however, was the $1 billion purchase of the entire Mondavi Corporation, from luxury brands like Opus One to high-volume Woodbridge.