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Whither Peter Lehmann Wines?

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Jancis Robinson
Wednesday 10 September 2003

Peter Lehmann is one of the most trustworthy names in Barossa – synonymous with fairly priced, reliable expressions of what that hot valley has to offer the wine world – especially non-exaggerated Shiraz and some bonzer (if that is the correct spelling) Semillon. The man himself, and his wife Margie, are Barossa.

But the company is one of those awkward sizes. Much smaller than giants Southcorp and Hardys but too big to have stayed within Lehmann family control. Global giant Allied Domecq have a 14.5 per cent stake and this is being blamed for PLW's disappointing performance recently.

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