SYDNEY, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Australia's Treasury Wine Estates Ltd TWE.AX , the world's biggest listed stand-alone wine company, posted a record half-year profit as it catered to China's thirst for mid-range product and benefited from a United States purchase.
Net profit for the owner of the Penfolds, Wolf Blass and Rosemount wine labels more than doubled to A$136.2 million ($104.1 million) for the six months to Dec. 31, helped by an earnings contribution from the recently acquired U.S. wine business of Diageo Plc DGE.L .
Earnings before interest, tax and one-off items rose 59 percent to A$226.8 million, in line with the A$226 million average forecast of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
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