What the wine world s mega-deal between Gallo and Constellation means for supermarket wine
What the wine world s mega-deal between Gallo and Constellation means for supermarket wine
The $810 million acquisition raises some confusing questions for California s wine industry, in this week s Drinking with Esther newsletter
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Constellation is passing to Gallo some of its lowest-priced supermarket wine brands.Yi-Chin Lee / Houston Chronicle
It’s a new year, and there’s a new shake-up in American wine. On Tuesday, E. & J. Gallo finalized its $810 million acquisition of 30 low-priced wine brands from Constellation Brands, marking one of the most significant transfers in the country’s wine industry ever.
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Christopher Thompson exited his Deer Park house at 3:50 a.m. on Sept. 27 and saw a fiery scene he had long imagined with dread â and had hoped to help prevent.
âWhen I stepped out of my house on the porch and saw those flames leaping from Bell Canyon reservoir (area), I knew my worst nightmare had come to fruition,â Thompson said.
The Deer Park firefighter and president of Napa Communities Firewise Foundation had worked unsuccessfully to obtain a $750,000 grant from Cal Fire for fuel management in Bell Canyon. Heâd wanted to thin out vegetation and improve legacy roads there.
Now the Glass Fire raged. Thompsonâs fire pager had alerted him.
This week, Wine Spectator, the nation’s most-read wine publication, released its annual list of what their tasters consider to be the Top 100 wines of the year. These are not wines that were produced in 2020, which – based on the weirdness of this year – will be interesting to watch in the future. Rather, they are the wines that were recently released and reviewed by Wine Spectator’s editors and tasters over the last 11 months.
The top wine, No. 1 on the list, was from Spain: the Bodegas Marqués de Murrieta Rioja Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 2010, a tempranillo-based wine made by an old line Spanish producer. Of the 7,500 cases made, just 680 were destined for these shores. While it currently lists for $130 a bottle, watch as the price will inevitably rise due to its spot at the pinnacle of the most influential wine ranking in America. Being the top drop on the list forever changes the course of a winery and that of the life of a winemaker. Think of it as winning the
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