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'@@ -2,29 +2,35 @@ {{use American English|date=August 2015}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2015}} -'''The Wine Group''' is an American alcoholic-beverage company founded in 1981, and based in [[Livermore, California]]. +'''The Wine Group''' (TWG) is a global leader in the wine industry producing over 100 brands and is the 2nd largest wine producer by volume with 53 million cases annually. Founded in 1981, TWG is a global, management-owned organization comprised of vineyards, wineries, bottling, and production facilities in California, New York and Australia. -==Products== -It produces wine brands including [[Mogen David]], [[Franzia]], Cupcake Vineyards, [[Concannon Vineyard]], Big House, [[Almaden Vineyards]], FishEye, and Flipflop. It also produces Cupcake Vodka. As of 2008, the company was the world's third-largest wine producer.<ref>{{cite news | author = Snow, Chris | url=http://www.news.com.au/business/the-wine-group-sells-australian-winery/story-e6frfmbi-1111117421133 |title= The Wine Group Sells Australian Winery |date= September 8, 2008 | publisher = [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]] (via [[news.com.au]]) |access-date= December 29, 2012}}</ref> As of 2018, the company became the second-largest U.S. wine company, producing 53 million cases annually<ref>{{cite news | author = Quackenbush, Jeff | url=https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/northbay/sonomacounty/8205077-181/brian-vos-the-wine-group |title= The Wine Group CEO talks expansion to 'premium-plus' brands to reach millennials |date= April 17, 2018 | publisher = [[North Bay Business Journal]]|access-date= December 12, 2019}}</ref> +==Brands== +TWG is responsible for many of America’s most beloved [https://www.thewinegroup.com/our-brands/ wine brands], including Cupcake, Franzia, Chloe, Benziger, Imagery, AVA Grace, 7 Deadly and many more. ==Management== -As of 2020, key personnel are, CEO Cate Hardy, CFO John Sutton, Chief Sales Officer Jim Evans, Chief Marketing Officer Jeff Dubiel, Chief Technology Officer Sudhir Kumar and Chief Operating Officer Brott Ritzel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewinegroup.com/our-leadership/|title=Our Leadership|website=The Wine Group|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> +As of 2020, leadership includes: -==List of brands== +Cate Hardy, CEO + +John Sutton, CFO + +Jeff Dubiel, Chief Marketing Officer + +Brott Ritzel, Chief Operating Officer + +Jim Evans, Chief Sales Officer + +Keith Bauman, Chief Legal and Human Resources Officer + +==History== +The Wine Group story began in Ripon, California back in 1906 when a young Italian immigrant couple, purchased 80 acres of land and planted their first vineyard. Giuseppe and Teresa Franzia, sold their grapes and shipped them by train to customers in Chicago and the East Coast. At the same time, they were also growing their family – five sons and two daughters. As one of the Central Valley’s most successful growers, the Franzia’s were also doing a fair amount of socializing. Prominent people of the day, including A.P. Giannis, founder of the Bank of Italy, later the Bank of America, would stop by and enjoy Teresa’s homemade pastas paired with Giuseppe’s wines. + +Then Prohibition hit. The frustration took its toll on Giuseppe and this period found him spending six months of every year in Italy. Meanwhile, Teresa kept busy. Recognizing opportunity, as soon as prohibition was repealed, she jumped in her horse-drawn carriage, went to San Francisco, met with A.P. Giannis and secured a $10,000 loan against the family vineyards. Together her five boys started the Franzia Brothers Winery. + +In 1973, the Franzia Brothers sold their winery to Coca-Cola Bottling of New York, which also owned the Mogen David Wine Company. The company hired Art Ciocca as the CEO of their new wine division. By the summer of 1981, Coca-Cola Bottling was ready to sell, and sensing opportunity again, Art and six of his employee-partners, formed The Wine Group and purchased the assets, including Franzia, Mogen David and Tribuno Vermouth. With the sale, The Wine Group lost the purchasing power of Coca-Cola, and its volume discount for glass, which made it impossible to compete against larger volume wineries. So, with that same entrepreneurial spirit that we were founded on, The Wine Group gambled on new packaging, the bag-in- box, and today, Franzia Box Wine is one of the most popular wines in the world! + +In 2012, The Concannon Winery joined TWG. With a rich history that dates back to 1883, their leadership in establishing Cabernet Sauvignon in California, was a perfect fit as The Wine Group moved into the premium wine market. TWG's expansion into premium wine continued with the 2014 launch of Chloe Wine Collection, and again in 2015, acquiring Sonoma Valley’s Benziger Family Winery. Famous for their pioneering green farming practices, TWG continues their tradition of creating outstanding, quality wines. + +TWG’s success has endured with a series of strong brand launches, acquisitions, and category creations. Ava Grace, Imagery, and Tribute are their most recent launches, while the brands Beso del Sol and 7 Deadly their latest acquisitions. But, the most profound addition to The Wine Group's portfolio is their first to market product, Cupcake LightHearted - the industry’s first lower calorie, lower alcohol wine option. {{div col|colwidth=30em}} -*A Mano -*[[Almaden Vineyards]] -*Big House -*[[Concannon Vineyard]] (inc. [[Glen Ellen]]) -*Corbett Canyon -*[https://www.cupcakevineyards.com/ Cupcake Vineyards] -*FishEye -*[https://www.flipflopwines.com/ Flipflop Wines] -*Foxhorn -*[[Franzia]] -*[https://www.md2020wine.com/ MD 20/20] -*[[Mogen David]] -*Pinot Evil -*Seven -*Silver Birch {{div col end}} @@ -39,5 +45,5 @@ {{reflist}} -{{Livermore, California|state=collapsed}} +{{Livermore, California}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wine Group}} '