Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Wine Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Creepy Wine Empire, you're doing it right....

Ernest and Julio Gallo, the "we want to be the Campbell's Soup of the wine world" guys creep me out!! Seriously, am I the only one freaked out by exactly how FAR their creepy little fingers have spread?!?!?!? Maybe it has something to do with the sordid tale of their lives, involving a murder/suicide of their mother by their father.
The significant campaign contributions to people like Nancy Pelosi are interesting.
Although I totally give them kudos on implementing the "Code of Sustainable Wine Growing Practices"
Here's a list, by no means complete, of all the labels owned by the Gallo brothers.
  • Anapamu
  • André
  • Ballatore
  • Barefoot Cellars
  • Barefoot Bubbly
  • Bartles & Jaymes
  • Bella Sera
  • Black Swan
  • Boone's Farm
  • Bridlewood Estate Winery
  • Carlo Rossi
  • Cask & Cream
  • Clarendon Hills
  • Dancing Bull
  • DaVinci
  • Don Miguel Gascon
  • E. & J. VS Brandy
  • E. & J. VSOP Brandy
  • E. & J. XO Brandy
  • Ecco Domani
  • Frei Brothers
  • Frutézia
  • Gallo Family Vineyard Estate
  • Gallo Family Vineyard Single Vineyard
  • Gallo Family Vineyard Sonoma Reserve
  • Gallo Family Vineyard Twin Valley
  • Ghost Pines
  • Hornsby's (the gross hard cider)
  • Indigo Hills
  • Liberty Creek
  • Livingston Cellars
  • Louis M. Martini
  • MacMurray Ranch
  • Marcelina
  • Martĩn Cõdax
  • Maso Canali
  • Mattie's Perch
  • McWilliam's
  • Mirassou
  • New Amsterdam Gin
  • Peter Vella
  • Pölka Dot
  • Rancho Zabaco
  • Red Bicyclette
  • Redwood Creek
  • Red Rock Winery
  • Sebeka
  • Tisdale Vineyards
  • Thunderbird (omg eew!)
  • Turning Leaf
  • Turning Leaf Sonoma Reserve
  • Whitehaven
  • William Hill Estate
  • Wild Vines
  • Wycliff Sparkling

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