Robert oatley family
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WINES OF CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY
Director of Winemaking, acclaimed vigneron Larry Cherubino, together with an acclaimed team of winemakers and viticulturists achieves this via a myriad of vineyards across key Australian wine regions, in particular West Australia’s Margaret River and Great Southern and South Australia’s McLaren Vale.
Vineyards are tended as organically as possible and wines are made with minimal intervention, reflecting a dedication to sustainable grape growing and wine production practices.
VINEYARDS – FOCUSSING ON MARGARET RIVER, GREAT SOUTHERN AND McLAREN VALE
Australia’s specialist grape growing families are the backbone of our industry. The Oatley family draw upon dozens of growers of excellence to supplement the fruit from our own vineyard in Margaret River. Wine regions represented focus upon Margaret River and Great Southern (Western Australia) and McLaren Vale (South Australia).
Margaret River, Western Australia
Climatically, Australia’s most reliable wine region, not to mention one of its best known, Margaret River is the ideal home f
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Mr Robert Oatley AO
Robert Oatley AO (1928–2016), businessman, was one of Australia’s most successful wine industry figures. Sydney-born, he acquired a Hunter Valley vineyard, Rosemount Estate, in the late 1960s having previously worked as an exporter of coffee and cocoa beans. Rosemount produced its first vintage in 1974, and over the ensuing decades Oatley built the winery into Australia’s largest family-owned wine producer, the company having a value of $1.4 billion when it was sold to Southcorp Wines in 2001. The Oatley family re-entered the wine business in 2006 with the establishment of Oatley Wines. In 2003, he purchased Hamilton Island and redeveloped it. A keen sailor, Oatley was perhaps best-known as the owner of the yacht Wild Oats, which to date has taken line honours a record-breaking eight times in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Ranked Australia’s 34th richest person by Forbes magazine in 2015, Oatley was named an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2014 for his services to the wine and tourism industries and to the sport of yachting, and for his significant phil
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ROBERT OATLEY AO BEM, FOUNDER
(1928 — 2016)
In the fields of wine, coffee, tourism and yachting, Bob Oatley not only made his mark nationally and internationally but also raised Australia’s profile and boosted its prosperity. The Oatley family history goes back to almost the beginning of European settlement in Australia, as evidenced by the name carried by the Sydney suburb of Oatley.
That family name is now renowned in wine, tourism and yachting – all due to Bob Oatley, his dedication to his country and solid family enterprise.
BOB OATLEY – A PROUD AND PASSIONATE AUSSIE
Bob Oatley was a proud and passionate fifth-generation Australian who took Australian wine to the world.
He built a diverse family business that runs from vineyards, wineries and cattle stations, through to thoroughbred horses and luxury tourism at Hamilton Island on Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef.
It’s often said that success is all a matter of timing and Bob Oatley had that in spades.
His instinctive nature and ability to seize an opportunity has seen him lead the way
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