Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. is seeking to break out of the shadow of past failures by buying up most of Diageo PLC’s North American and British wine operations. The US$552 million deal, announced Wednesday, will see the Australian vintner focus more aggressively on the top end of the U.S. market—rather than the cheaper wines that have delivered so much pain for the company in recent years.

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