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Incorporated: 1933
NAIC: 31213 Wineries; 111332 Grape Vineyards
SIC: 2084 Wines, Brandy & Brandy Spirits; 0172 Grapes

E. & J. Gallo Winery is the largest winemaker in the world, with production of nearly 900 million bottles per year. Gallo produces one in every three bottles of wine made in the United States. While best known for its inexpensive jug wines and such fortified varieties as Thunderbird, in the 1980s and 1990s Gallo has aggressively followed consumer preference into more expensive categories, notably cork-finished varietals (wines made wholly or predominantly from a single type of grape, such as Merlot). Many of these appear under brands other than Gallo, including Turning Leaf, Gossamer Bay, Indigo Hills, and Northern Sonoma. The winery, which remains privately owned by the Gallo family, has about 2,500 acres of prime Sonoma land in vine, making it the largest landowner in the region. It operates four California wineries. Gallo is also a market leader in sherry, vermouth, and port, marketed under the Gallo trade name; their other leading brands include André sparkling wine, E & J brandy, and Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers.

Gallo's phenomenal success rests on the shoulders of the brothers Ernest and Julio Gallo, who founded the winery in Modesto, California, in 1933. Ernest was regarded as the marketing and distribution expert, while Julio oversaw wine production. The Gallos' contribution to every aspect of their business is widely acknowledged throughout the industry. Ernest is credited with almost singlehandedly increasing domestic demand in the 1960s and 1970s, while Julio's technical innovations include the widespread adoption of stainless steel fermentation tanks to replace the traditional wood casks for all but the most expensive wines.

The growth of the Gallo winery parallels the emergence of California winemaking as a world-class industry. California had been successful in international competitions as far back as the early 1900s, but with the arrival of Prohibition in January 1920 the thriving industry was almost destroyed. Thousands of acres of carefully cultivated wine grapes were uprooted and replaced with cash crops such as apples and walnuts. When Prohibition was repealed on December 5, 1933, a mere 160 of California's original 700 wineries were intact, and federal and state taxation and legislation had decimated domestic wine consumption.

In 1933 Ernest and Julio Gallo, aged 24 and 23 years, respectively, entered the wine business. They had worked since childhood in the modest vineyards of their immigrant Italian father, and after the death of both their parents, they decided to start making their own wine. Their technical expertise was gleaned from two pre-Prohibition wine pamphlets in the Modesto Public Library. Ernest and Julio obtained the necessary government license, purchased winemaking equipment on credit, and leased a small Modesto warehouse for $60 a month. They then visited local growers, offering them a share of the profits in return for the use of their grapes. By the time of Prohibition's repeal in December 1933, Ernest had made his first sale of 6,000 gallons of wine to Pacific Wine Company, a Chicago distributor. Profit in the first year was $34,000, a sum that was immediately plowed back into the business.

The first Gallo winery was built at Dry Creek in Modesto and until the late 1930s sold table wine to local bottlers, who sold it under a variety of labels. In 1940, however, the first Gallo-labeled wine was introduced, and business increased substantially. Bottled in Los Angeles and New Orleans, the original selection consisted of the varietal wines Zinfandel and Dry Muscat, in addition to sherry and muscatel. It was during this early period that Ernest developed the strategic vision that would make him renowned throughout the industry. Realizing that consumption would never rise while wine was relegated to a secondary position behind hard liquor, he introduced the novel concept of salespeople who sold wine exclusively, a highly successful idea which was soon widely imitated. He recruited a team of zealous salespeople to push Gallo products and guarantee them high visibility on liquor store shelves. From the beginning, Gallo followed a strategy of expansion into new markets only when existing markets were conquered. Twenty-five years later, Gallo brands were available nationwide, and the company's distribution system was regarded as its greatest competitive strength.

The company was also admired for its enological accomplishments. The Prohibition era had wreaked havoc on crops of better varieties of wine grape, which had been largely supplanted by inferior table and raisin varieties. The Gallo brothers addressed this problem with the purchase in 1942 of 2,000 acres of land in Livingston, California. Starting in 1945, they pursued an ambitious research and experimentation program that covered all aspects of viticulture, from rootstocks to irrigation methods. Grapes grown on the Livingston land were transported to a special research winery in Modesto for further testing. When a particular variable was determined to be beneficial, it was introduced into day-to-day winery operations. Many of the experiments, such as an innovative pest control system, were well ahead of their time and had far-reaching beneficial effects on the entire industry. In 1958 a research laboratory went into operation. By 1993 the research staff of 20 included chemical engineers, microbiologists, and biochemists, and a total of 50 research papers had been submitted by the winery to the American Society of Enology and Viticulture. The company also maintained a technical library designed to keep researchers and growers abreast of the latest developments in their respective fields.

In 1957 the Gallo brothers built a customized glass plant in Modesto, a step in the process of vertical integration which would eventually encompass the Fairbanks Trucking Company, an intrastate transportation company established in 1961; and Midcal Aluminum, an aluminum bottle cap and foil manufacturing plant founded the same year. In 1957 the company introduced Thunderbird, a citrus-flavored fortified wine that reflected consumer tastes of the period. Over the years, the brand began to sell particularly well in depressed neighborhoods because of its high alcohol content and low price. Although Thunderbird was undoubtedly one of Gallo's early marketing successes, it also contributed to the company's down-market image. By 1989, in the face of public concern over alcoholism and internal family pressure, Gallo had asked distributors not to sell its flavored fortified wines to retailers in low-income neighborhoods.

Consumption of table wine in the United States increased more than sixfold between 1960 and 1980, corresponding to a period of great growth for the Gallo company. Production techniques were developed to provide high quality at lower cost than the competition. Wine industry experts unanimously praised Gallo's achievement in "bringing new wine drinkers to the fold" with their clean, consistent, and competitively priced product. As early as 1972 the wine critic of the Los Angeles Times identified Gallo Hearty Burgundy, priced at $1.25 a bottle, as "the best wine value in the country today." This wine was credited with influencing Americans to buy more California jug wines. In 1965 Julio Gallo established a Grower Relations staff of wine professionals who continue to work with growers, recommending new technologies and practices developed largely at Gallo's research facility. Among the most important developments of this period was a quality drive initiated by the company with California growers in 1967. In exchange for replacing existing grapes with grape varieties of Gallo's choice, growers were offered 10- to 15-year contracts guaranteeing them a fair price for their harvest. More than 100 growers signed contracts, thus ensuring the reemergence of such classic grapes as Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Sauvignon Blanc. As a result of the increasing supply of true wine grapes, Gallo was able to discontinue use of the inferior Thompson seedless grape in 1972.

In 1976 the Federal Trade Commission charged Gallo with unfair competition, and the winery signed a consent agreement restricting its ability to control its wholesalers. The consent order was designed to prevent Gallo from vertically integrating to a point where competitors would be unable to distribute their products effectively. In September 1982, Gallo successfully filed a petition to have the order set aside, arguing that "dramatic changes in the wine industry," specifically the entry of conglomerates such as Coca-Cola and Seagrams, had rendered the terms of the original order obsolete.

During the 1980s Gallo made a strong move into the premium wine market. In 1981 a premium Chardonnay was launched, to be followed one year later with a vintage-dated Cabernet from 1978. In late 1988, having dropped some of its original cork-finished varietals, Gallo introduced others, such as a successful new "blush" category of varietals. A vintage year was added across the Wine Cellars label, a trend the winery had resisted for many years. Given the company's production, marketing, and distribution expertise, no one in the industry was surprised when Gallo quickly took a leading role in the premium wine market. At the same time, Gallo was experiencing great success with the Bartles & Jaymes wine cooler, a beverage containing a mixture of wine, fruit juices, and carbonated water, and having less alcohol than table wine. The Bartles & Jaymes product was introduced in 1985 and within a year had become a market leader in a highly competitive and burgeoning segment. Many analysts attributed its success to an inspired ad campaign by Hal Riney and Partners, featuring a pair of eccentric characters named Frank Bartles and Ed Jaymes. The wine cooler phenomenon was short-lived, however; by 1993 demand had plummeted and Gallo and Seagrams were the only wine cooler producers left in the market. Advertising expenditure dropped accordingly. New introductions in the 1990s included the Eden Roc champagne brand, priced somewhat higher than the company's market leader, André champagne.

In April 1986, Ernest and Julio filed suit against their younger brother Joseph, charging him with trademark infringement. Joseph had begun to market cheese under the Gallo name. The case was important because it brought into question the right of an individual to use a personal name that had already been registered as a trademark by someone else. Several months later, Joseph filed a countersuit, claiming that he had been deprived of his rightful one-third share of their parents' winery, in effect a substantial share in the E. & J. Gallo Winery itself. Ernest and Julio's defense rested on the assertion that their winery was completely self-funded and had nothing to with their parents' estate. In September 1988 Joseph's counterclaim was dismissed. In June 1989 a U.S. District Court judge settled the trademark infringement case in favor of the plaintiffs, and Joseph Gallo was given 30 days to stop using the Gallo name on his cheese.

Ernest and Julio Gallo headed the winery they founded into their 80s. By the early 1990s the winery's leadership finally passed on to the second generation. Julio died in 1993 at the age of 83 from a broken neck he suffered when he overturned his jeep on a family ranch. Ernest, stricken by the loss, soon thereafter gave up day-to-day management, remaining involved only in long-range planning as Gallo chairman. Gallo was thereupon run by four copresidents: David Gallo, eldest son of Ernest, in charge of domestic marketing and advertising; Joe Gallo, also a son of Ernest, head of domestic and international sales; Bob Gallo, son of Julio, head of vineyards and winemaking; and Jim Coleman, Julio's son-in-law, responsible for warehouses and bottling plants. David died in March 1997 of a heart attack, leaving Joe Gallo fully in charge of sales. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, 15 of Ernest and Julio's 20 grandchildren were employed by the winery in 1997, making it likely that Gallo family members would remain in leadership positions for years to come.

In the 1990s consumers continued to gravitate toward more expensive wines, and Gallo sought new ways to capture the mid-priced and premium categories. Despite the winery's efforts to escape its longstanding image, Gallo was still perceived as a low-end brand. To counter this, the Gallo winery began producing varietal wines under new brand names, with the Gallo name appearing nowhere on the label. In 1995 Turning Leaf made its debut, while Gossamer Bay debuted the following year. Gallo positioned both of these brands in the $5 to $10 per bottle range, the mid-priced area typical for supermarket-sold wine. By the fall of 1996 Turning Leaf had become one of the top 12 varietal wines sold in supermarkets.

Both Turning Leaf and Gossamer Bay were made at the Modesto winery; the inclusion of "Made in Modesto" on their labels was the only clue to their Gallo parentage. But Gallo was able to achieve an even greater distancing with wines produced in California's Sonoma County, where Gallo had been buying up vineyards and had a winery in Healdsburg. Gallo thereby began selling varietal wine vinted and bottled in Sonoma County; sold under a number of different brands, including Indigo Hills, Rancho Zabaco, Anapamu, Marcellina, and Northern Sonoma; and labeled "Made in Healdsburg." Some varieties sold for as much as $40 a bottle, placing them well into the premium category. Gallo wines finally began to receive serious attention from wine critics.

The move upmarket was not without its difficulties. Gallo was the object of a much-publicized lawsuit filed in April 1996 by Kendall-Jackson Winery Ltd., maker of Vintner's Reserve, the number one chardonnay brand in the United States. Kendall-Jackson contended that Gallo had copied the packaging of Vintner's Reserve for that of the Turning Leaf line of chardonnay and other varietals. Gallo prevailed in federal court in 1997 as well as in a federal court of appeals in 1998.

At the turn of the 21st century, Gallo Winery was well-positioned from the low to high ends of the wine market. Even under the direction of the second generation of Gallo family leadership, the winery was clearly following the direction of its founders--Ernest Gallo once said, "We don't want most of the business. We want it all."

Principal Divisions

Ballatore Champagne Cellars; E & J Distillers Brandy; E & J Gallo; Tott's Champagne Cellars.

Further Reading

"American Wine Comes of Age," Time, November 27, 1972.

Fierman, Jaclyn, "How Gallo Crushes the Competition," Fortune, September 1, 1986.

Fisher, Lawrence M., "The Gallos Go for the Gold," New York Times, November 22, 1992.

Gallo, Ernest, and Julio Gallo, with Bruce B. Henderson, Ernest and Julio: Our Story, New York: Times Books, 1994, 358 p.

Hamilton, Joan O'C., "Grapes of Wrath," Business Week, April 15, 1996, p. 50.

Hawkes, Ellen, Blood and Wine: The Unauthorized Story of the Gallo Wine Empire, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993, 464 p.

King, Ralph T., Jr., "Grapes of Wrath: Kendall-Jackson Sues Gallo Winery in a Battle over a Bottle," Wall Street Journal, April 5, 1996, p. B1.

Laube, James, "Gallo Brothers' Growing Stake in Sonoma," Wine Spectator, May 31, 1991.

Prial, Frank J., "From the Top of the Barrel: Gallo Powers Its Way into the Premium Wine Market," New York Times, September 4, 1997, pp. D1, D4.

------, "Passing the Jug," New York Times Magazine, November 15, 1992.

Shanken, Marvin R., "Gallo's Dramatic Shift to Fine Varietals," Wine Spectator, September 15, 1991.

Stavro, Barry, "A New Vintage Gallo," Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 2, 1997, pp. 12-17, 28.

Stecklow, Steve, "Gallo Woos French, but Don't Expect Bordeaux by the Jug," Wall Street Journal, March 26, 1999, pp. A1, A14.

Steinriede, Kent, "New Gallo Brands Aim High," Beverage Industry, December 1998, p. 19.

------, "Technology Meets Tradition," Beverage Industry, December 1998, p. 22.

— Moya Verzhbinsky

E & J Gallo Winery
Location	Modesto, California, United States
Appellation	California wine
Founded	1933
Key people	Ernest Gallo (founder) Julio Gallo (founder) Gina Gallo (winemaker) Stephanie Gallo
Known for	Gallo Family Vineyards Sonoma Reserve, Night Train
Varietals	Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah
Distribution	International
Website	gallo.com, gallofamily.co.uk

E & J Gallo Winery was founded in 1933 by Ernest Gallo and Julio Gallo in Modesto, California. E & J Gallo Winery is the largest exporter of California wines and is a large promoter of wines from Sonoma County.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Business 2.1 Trademark disputes 2.2 Production 2.3 Distribution 2.4 Labor relations 2.5 Ecological impact 2.6 Marketing 3 Wine brands 3.1 Barefoot Wine 3.2 Additional brands 4 Awards 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

History

The two brothers started the winery following the repeal of Prohibition after years of growing and selling grapes.^[1] Ernest and Julio were competing against larger, more established, and better financed companies, including more than 800 wine companies established in the first few years after the repeal of Prohibition in California. Their starting capital was less than $6,000, with $5,000 of that borrowed by Ernest from his mother-in-law.

The brothers learned the craft of commercial winemaking by reading old, pre-Prohibition pamphlets published by the University of California which they retrieved from the basement of the Modesto Public Library.^[2]

Business

Trademark disputes

In 1986, the Gallo brothers sued their younger brother Joseph for selling cheese branded with the Joseph Gallo Farms name. Joseph then counterclaimed, alleging that Ernest and Julio conspired to steal his share of the inheritance from their father. This claim included the winery, where the evidence submitted by Joseph's attorney suggested that it was actually started by their father. Joseph Gallo lost both suits and was forced to change the name of his business to Joseph Farms.^[3]

In the 1990s, Gallo Winery made an agreement with Gallo Pasta (a Spanish company) that the latter would not sell their pasta in the United States.^[4] Gallo filed a cease-and-desist order^[5][6] in April 2009 against "The Spanish Table," a Seattle-based specialty food retailer, for carrying the pasta despite the previous agreement with the maker.^[4]

Production

Gallo Family Ruby Cabernet

E & J Gallo Winery is the largest family-owned winery in the United States.^[7]

In February 2010, twelve French winemakers and traders who had supplied wine to Gallo for its Red Bicyclette brand were found guilty in a French court of fraud, as they had claimed an inferior wine sold to Gallo was Pinot Noir.^[8]

Distribution

In addition to the Gallo Family Vineyards brand, the company makes, markets, and distributes wine under more than 60 other labels.^[9] (See below for a list of other labels/brands.) The company also makes the low-end fortified wines Thunderbird and Night Train Express.

On September 14, 2007, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia announced a partnership with E & J Gallo Winery to produce a brand of wine labelled "Martha Stewart Vintage." The initial release was to be 15,000 cases, consisting of 2006 Sonoma County Chardonnay, 2005 Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon and 2006 Sonoma County Merlot (for Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, North Carolina, Denver, Phoenix, and Portland, Oregon).^[10]

Labor relations

In October 2009, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (CALRB) revoked a 2007 election to eject the United Farm Workers from Gallo Winery,^[11] citing interference from Gallo.

This was the second time in a decade a vote to remove the union was overturned due to allegations of Gallo illegally trying to influence proceedings; the other was a 2003 ruling in which the CALRB threw out an election citing a foreman improperly requesting signatures for the petition for the vote.^[12] Gallo appealed that decision.

Ecological impact

Gallo helped develop and implement the Code of Sustainable Wine Growing Practices,^[13] in collaboration with the Wine Institute and the California Association of Winegrape Growers.

The Code promotes sustainable practices which are environmentally sound, economically feasible and socially equitable. It covers virtually every aspect of the wine business including viticulture and grape growing, wine making, purchasing and building and maintaining productive relationships with neighbors and the local communities.^[14]

Gallo received ISO 14001 certification from the International Organization for Standardization.^[7] The certification was created to globally assist and guide companies to reduce their environmental impact.

In April 2009, the California State Water Resources Control Board served Gallo Glass Co. (a Gallo Winery subsidiary) with a cease and desist order and $73,000 fine^[15] for allegedly channeling water from the Russian River into an unlicensed reservoir;^[15] however, there are provisions for licensing the reservoir under proper monitoring of flow and capacity.^[16]

Marketing

Ernest and Julio were among the pioneers of wine advertising on television and launched many wine advertising campaigns. They were the first to introduce brand management and modern merchandising to the wine industry, and led the way in bringing new products to store shelves. They were first in breakthrough quality initiatives such as long-term grower contracts for varietal grapes and grape research programs.^[2] They were also first to establish a truly significant foreign sales and marketing force to export California wines overseas.^[1]

Wine brands

A bottle of André

• André is the best-selling brand of sparkling wine in the United States.^[17] It often sells for about $4 to $5 per bottle, depending on the store. It is available in varietials including Brut, Extra Dry, Cold Duck, Blush, Spumante, strawberry, and peach-flavored California Champagne, among others. André's California Champagne does not use traditional Champagne wine making methods, but is instead bulk fermented.

While the United States agreed in 2006 to not approve any new wine labels for US produced products that include the term "Champagne," André is legally allowed to use the term as a grandfathered label. André's Brut California Champagne has been described as the sparkling wine that many people have noted was their first experience with this variety of wine. One champagne expert said it is "like ginger ale - pale yellow in color, lemony and on the sweet side, with maybe an apple flavor as well and low bubbles".^[18]

• Carlo Rossi is a brand of wine produced by the E & J Gallo Winery. The brand was named after Charles Rossi, at the time a salesman for Gallo and a relation of the Gallo family by marriage. Charlie Rossi starred in TV ads for the brand in the 1970s. Carlo Rossi wines were at one point the second best selling brand in the United States.^[19] Carlo Rossi is reflected in popular culture in E-40's single, "Carlos Rossi."

• Boone's Farm was formerly a brand of apple wine produced by the E & J Gallo Winery. Now, flavors are malt-based instead of wine-based due to changes in tax laws. The brand is popular on college campuses due to its low price.^{[citation needed]} Boone's farm beverages, served in 750 ml bottles are often located in the cold box area of convenience stores across the inner cities of the United States. In some U.S. states, such as Minnesota and Utah, some Boone's Farm products are labeled as malt beverages and not as flavored apple/citrus wine products, as state liquor laws prohibit the sale of wine in grocery and convenience stores^{[citation needed]}.

Barefoot Wine

Barefoot Wine is a brand of wine produced by Barefoot Cellars which is based in Modesto, California. The winery was bought by E & J Gallo Winery in 2005.^[20]

Barefoot Wine was introduced in 1986.^[21] Barefoot is a brand whose slogan is “Get Barefoot and Have a Great Time!” Barefoot’s winemaker Jennifer Wall produces 17 unique varietals and blends: Zinfandel, Shiraz, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, White Zinfandel, Moscato, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Sweet Red, Brut Cuvee Chardonnay champagne, Extra Dry champagne, Pinot Grigio champagne, Moscato Spumante champagne, and Pink Cuvee champagne. In 2007, Barefoot launched 187-milliliter bottles. Barefoot wines are distributed throughout the United States and exported to Canada, Europe, and Asia. In May 2010 Barefoot Wine announced new UK national grocery listings and new strategic partnerships. ^[22]

Barefoot has received several awards and accolades including:

• Fastest growing wine amongst the TOP 5 Popular brands^[23]
• Market Watch Magazine “Wine Brand of the Year” (2007)^[24]

Barefoot Wine sponsors the Association of Volleyball Professionals. Since 2007, Barefoot Wine has partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to form the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project.^[25]

Additional brands

Alamos - distributor [26] Anapamu Apothic Red Ballatore Bartles & Jaymes Bella Sera Black Swan Bridlewood Cask & Cream Clarendon Hills Dancing Bull DaVinci Don Miguel Gascon E & J Brandy (known in colloquial terms as "Easy Jesus") Ecco Domani Frei Brothers Frutézia

Ghost Pines Hornsby's Indigo Hills Liberty Creek Livingston Cellars MacMurray Ranch Louis M. Martini Marcelina Martĩn Cõdax Maso Canali Mattie's Perch McWilliam's Mirassou Vineyards New Amsterdam Gin

Night Train Peter Vella Pölka Dot Rancho Zabaco Red Bicyclette Redwood Creek Red Rock Winery Sebeka Thunderbird Tisdale Vineyards Turning Leaf Twin Valley Whitehaven William Hill Estate Wild Vines Winking Owl Wycliff Sparkling[9]

Awards

E & J Gallo Winery was named the "Bon Appetit Winery of the Year" in the 1996, 1998, and 2001 San Francisco International Wine Competitions.^[27][28]

Intangible Business, a brand valuation firm,^[29] rated Gallo as the world's "Most Powerful Wine Brand" in 2006,^[30] 2007,^[31] 2008,^[32] and 2009.^[33]

See also

Wine portal

• Globalization of wine
• Napa County wine

References

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2. ^ ^{a b} Zimmerman, Lisa (November–December 2004). "Reinventing Gallo". Market Watch: pp. 1–14. 
3. ^ "Gallos Win Suit to Curb Use Of Name on Brother's Cheese". New York Times. June 21, 1989. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/21/business/gallos-win-suit-to-curb-use-of-name-on-brother-s-cheese.html. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Small store takes big poke at Gallo Wineries". KOMO-TV. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/45365582.html. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
5. ^ Leson, Nancy (April 20, 2009). "E. & J. Gallo crows "We'll sue!"". Seattle Times. http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/allyoucaneat/2009/04/20/gallo_crows_well_sue_you_spani.html. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
6. ^ http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-caedce/case_no-1:2009cv00677/case_id-190804/
7. ^ ^{a b} McCallion, Ruari. "Gallo Glass Company: Top of the glass". The Manufacturer. http://www.themanufacturer.com/us/profile/4124/. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
8. ^ France wine producers guilty of US scandal
9. ^ ^{a b} "Browse by Brand Name". http://www.gallo.com/wine/United%20States/Brand%20Names/BrowsebyBrandName.html. Retrieved 2011-11-26. 
10. ^ "Stewart to market $15 wine / Gallo will make Sonoma County varietals for label". San Francisco Chronicle. September 15, 2007. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/15/BU5VS6IA8.DTL. Retrieved January 1, 2010. 
11. ^ McCallum, Kevin (November 3, 2009). "Vote to oust UFW from Gallo overturned". The Press Democrat. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091103/BUSINESS/911039953. Retrieved January 1, 2010. 
12. ^ Pawel, Miriam (June 13, 2005). "UFW Plans Wine Boycott in Effort to Pressure Gallo". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jun/13/local/me-gallo13. Retrieved January 1, 2010. 
13. ^ California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance
14. ^ Grossman, Deborah (August 27, 2008). "Winemakers cultivate earth-friendly practices, from ground to glass". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/27/WI1112342U.DTL. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
15. ^ ^{a b} Firstenfeld, Jane (May 6, 2009). "Wine Water Issues Simmer in California". Wines & Vines. http://www.winesandvines.com/template.cfm?section=news&content=64383. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
16. ^ "State Water Resources Control Board Cease and Desist Order". California State Water Resources Control Board. December 9, 2008. http://waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/enforcement/compliance/cease_desist_actions/2008/gallo_cdo120908.pdf. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
17. ^ Our Wines
18. ^ Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting Notes
19. ^ The Wine Enigma: Wine In A Box
20. ^ San Francisco Business Times
21. ^ Wine Business Monthly
22. ^ http://www.talkingretail.com/products/drinks-news/15197-barefoot-wines-new-listings-and-strategic-partnerships.html
23. ^ Information Resources Incorporated, 52 week volume ending May 1, 2007, TTL US: Food/Drug, TTL Pop, Volume Sales, Volume Sales % Chg
24. ^ mediapost.com
25. ^ surfrider.org
26. ^ "Gallo Named U.S. Importer For Catena's Alamos Wines" (Press release). 2008-11-04. http://www.gallo.com/PDFs/AlamosPressRelease.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-19. 
27. ^ "Gallo wins top winery award at S. F. competition". Lodi News-Sentinel. July 13, 2001. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gto0AAAAIBAJ&pg=6852%2C1266268. Retrieved January 1, 2010. 
28. ^ New York Times
29. ^ Bevens, Nick (May 9, 2007). "Scotch whisky tops world spirits brands". Scotsman.com. http://business.scotsman.com/8099/Scotch-whisky-tops-world-spirits.3284180.jp. Retrieved December 31, 2009. 
30. ^ The world’s most powerful spirits & wine brands: 2006, p. 8
31. ^ The world’s most powerful spirits & wine brands: 2007, p. 16
32. ^ The world’s most powerful spirits & wine brands: 2008, p. 15
33. ^ The world’s most powerful spirits & wine brands: 2009, p. 17

External links

• Official website

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