JF HILLEBRAND GROUP
Founded in Germany in 1844 , servicing freight barges along the Rhine , today JF Hillebrand has a presence in every major beer , wine , and spirits market – both production and consumption – around the globe . With its headquarters in Mainz , Germany , the business has more than 58 offices around the world with a workforce of more than 2,500 . Locally , JF Hillebrand has offices in Sydney , Adelaide and Auckland .
Australia and New Zealand are known around the world more for their wines than beers or spirits , with 80 percent of JF Hillebrand ’ s local business focused on exports and only 20 percent on imports . JF Hillebrand deals with more than 500 customers throughout Australia and New Zealand , amongst which large clients are industry stalwarts such as Treasury Wine Estates ( responsible for Penfolds and Wolf Blass amongst other brands ), Accolade Wines ( Hardys ), Pernod Ricard Winemakers ( Jacobs Creek ), and Casella Wines ( Yellowtail ). While these customers each ship several thousand containers each quarter , JF Hillebrand also caters to smaller producers who may ship as little as a single case of wine each year .
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76 December 2016