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2 years ago To work up a definition for Winery Company, looking at a number of facts about -- E. & J. Gallo Winery and companies that it has various relationships; short name "Gallo" Founded by brothers Ernest and Julio Gallo in 1933 in Modesto, California; 7,000 global employees and is the producer of wines and spirits featured in more than 110 countries around the globe. The Gallo portfolio is comprised of more than 100 unique brands.
E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo) announced Jan. 5, 2021 that it has completed the acquisition of more than 30 wine brands from Constellation Brands, Inc. The closing of the agreement between Gallo and Constellation was approved by the Federal Trade Commission on December 23, 2020. Gallo will expand its operational footprint with the addition of five wineries located in California, Washington, and New York, along with Constellation's Polyphenolics business. Gallo will also acquire the Nobilo New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc brand in a separate transaction with Constellation. The acquisition was first announced by Gallo and Constellation on April 3, 2019. Pursuant to the FTC consent order, Gallo will also divest two of its legacy dessert brands, Fairbanks and Sheffield, to Precept Brands LLC. Terms of the transaction between Gallo and Precept were not disclosed.
Owns LUX Wines; Gallo Spirits
Constellation Brands, Inc., is an American producer and marketer of [beer], [wine], and spirits. Constellation is the largest beer import company in the US, measured by sales,(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_Brands#cite_note-4) and has the third-largest market share (7.4 percent) of all major beer suppliers. It also has investments in medical and recreational cannabis.[6] Based in Victor, New York, Constellation has about 40 facilities and approximately 9,000 employees.[7]
The company has more than 100 brands in its portfolio. Wine brands include [Robert Mondavi] Kim Crawford, Meiomi, and The Prisoner Wine Company. Constellation's beer portfolio includes imported brands such as [Corona], [Modelo Especial]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negra_Modelo), and [Pacífico], as well as American craft beer producer Funky Buddha. Spirits brands include [Svedka] Vodka, [Casa Noble Tequila and [High West Whiskey, [Nelson's Green Brier]Tennessee Whiskey.
LUX Wines, an importer and purveyor of fine wines within an independent division of E. & J. Gallo Winery (Gallo), announced today November 08, 2017 that it has been awarded the exclusive rights to distribute Sicily’s Tornatore wines in the United States, effective January 1, 2018. Founded in 2014, LUX Wines is an importer and purveyor of fine wines from around the world created by E. & J. Gallo Winery as a distinct selling and marketing division. LUX Wines hand-selects truly singular, terroir-driven wines from highly acclaimed wineries around the world that transcend time and are deeply rooted in tradition. Tornatore is the latest addition to LUX Wines, a growing portfolio of elite brands from the most noteworthy appellations in the world. Tornatore is a family-owned winery located in the Sicilian town of Castiglione di Sicilia on the northeastern slopes of Europe’s largest and most active volcano, Mt. Etna. Benefitting from the region’s unique growing conditions and native varieties, the local Tornatore family produces very complex and distinctive wines. Many grapes thrive on Mt. Etna’s slopes, but it’s the native red Nerello Mascalese and white Carricante grapes that produce the region’s most special wines.
Lux Wines Inc is a food & beverages company based out of 1 Mill St, Burlington, Vermont, United States. luxwines.com
Tornatore’s vineyards are one of the largest the Etna DOC production area. The winery has the latest modern equipment, but made with low environmental impact with maximum respect of the surroundings.
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Wine industry organizations to define and model concepts such as Winery Companies, Bottlers, Distribution, Yineyard Farms, etc. To include appellation related organizations to include country regulatory agencies, trade associations, other appellation rules making organizations. Commerce regulating governmental regulatory agencies. To include company's divestiture and acquisition of companies, with date parameters in order to trace any food safety issues done by a parent or child company under common management at a given point in time.