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The Wine Group

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The Wine Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryWinemaking
Founded1981
HeadquartersLivermore, California, US
Key people
John Sutton (CEO)
ProductsWine
Websitewww.thewinegroup.com

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

Products

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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

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Controversy

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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

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References

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