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It produces wine brands including Franzia, Cupcake Vineyards, Benziger Family Winery, Chloe Wine Collection, 7 Deadly Wines, Imagery Estate Winery, Concannon Vineyard, and Almaden Vineyards. As of 2008, the company was the world's third-largest wine producer. [ 1 ]
The Franzia family sold the brand to Coca-Cola in 1973 when Fred Franzia was in his early adult years; and it was sold to The Wine Group in 1981. Teresa Franzia (born Teresa Carrara, 1879–1949) founded the Franzia Wine Company in 1906. Teresa's daughter, Amelia Franzia Gallo, was the wife of winemaker Ernest Gallo. Teresa loaned Ernest the ...
The Specialty Wine Retailers Association (SWRA) is a group representing the wine retail industry who work for the free movement of wine across state lines, [1] whose stated goal is that any adult consumer in any state should be allowed to legally purchase and have shipped to them any wine from any retailer in America.
The California Wine Club is a wine club co-founded in 1990 by Bruce and Pam Boring in Ventura, California and is considered one of the largest mail-order wine businesses in the United States. [1] The club offers hand-selected wines on a monthly basis from boutique and small, family-owned wineries in California, Oregon and Washington State, and ...
The resemblance of the area to the Graves District of France was, and is still, a favorite topic for wine writers. At the peak of plantings in the valley, there were approximately 15,000 acres (6,070 ha) of vineyards and over two dozen wineries. The number of both dropped dramatically with the approach and enactment of Prohibition.
Ripon (/ ˈ r ɪ p ə n /) is a city located in San Joaquin County, California. The population was 14,297 at the 2010 census. The population was 14,297 at the 2010 census. Ripon was originally known as Stanislaus City , but was renamed for Ripon, Wisconsin , in 1876.
Although Ridge Vineyards was founded in the early 1960s, wine production at the winery's Monte Bello location has a much longer history. Grapevines were first planted on Monte Bello Ridge by Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent member of the northern California Italian immigrant community, in 1885. The first Monte Bello wine was produced in ...
The Bronco Wine Company is a vintner that produces wine under many brands, such as Amusant Bubbly and Ballett Vineyards, [1] and is based south of Ceres, California. [2] It is the fourth largest producer of wine in the United States. [citation needed] [3] Bronco Wine Co has an estimated 10,000 employees globally. There are two companies in the ...