The Wine Group Explained

The Wine Group
Type:	Private
Key People:	John Sutton (CEO)
Industry:	Winemaking
Products:	Wine
Foundation:	1981
Location:	Livermore, California, US
Homepage:	www.thewinegroup.com

The Wine Group is an American alcoholic beverage company founded in 1981, and based in Livermore, California.

Products

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] As of 2018, the company became the second-largest U.S. wine company, producing 53 million cases annually^[2]

List of notable brands

• Franzia
• Cupcake Vineyards
• Chloe Wine Collection
• 7 Deadly Wines
• Benziger Family Winery
• Imagery Estate Winery
• Tribute Wines
• Mogen David (makers of MD 20/20)
• Almaden Vineyards
• Concannon Vineyard
• Hope Tree^[3]

Controversy

The Wine Group is not affiliated with the Australian entity The Wine Group Pty Ltd. which was found to have breached multiple spam and telemarketing laws in Australia in 2021^[4]

See also

• List of California companies
• List of U.S. beverage companies

Notes and References

1. News: Snow, Chris . The Wine Group Sells Australian Winery . September 8, 2008 . The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) (via news.com.au) . December 29, 2012.
2. News: Quackenbush, Jeff . The Wine Group CEO talks expansion to 'premium-plus' brands to reach millennials . April 17, 2018 . North Bay Business Journal. December 12, 2019.
3. Web site: Hope Tree Trademark - The Wine Group LLC . Bizapedia . 29 November 2022.
4. Web site: The Wine Group - DNCR and spam investigation . Australian Communications and Media Authority. 3 December 2022.