[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 88 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.Con.Res.88
                                                Agreed to April 18, 2007

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America




          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas Ernest Gallo was born March 18, 1909, in Jackson, California, 
  the son of Italian immigrants, graduated from Modesto High School in 
  1927, earned a degree from Modesto Junior College, and married Amelia 
  Franzia, daughter of the founders of Franzia Winery in 1931;

Whereas Ernest Gallo, with his brother Julio Gallo, founded E.&J. Gallo 
  Winery at the end of the Prohibition Era in 1933, beginning with only 
  $5,900 in savings and a winemaking pamphlet from the Modesto Public 
  Library to make their first batch, growing their small family-owned 
  winery into the world's second largest by volume, and selling an 
  estimated 75,000,000 cases a year worldwide under approximately 100 
  different labels;

Whereas Ernest Gallo began his illustrious career at a young age, 
  working in his parents' vineyard while attending Modesto High School 
  and demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit early in life by 
  traveling at the age of 17 to complete his first business deal;

Whereas Ernest Gallo, demonstrating great vision, anticipated the 
  growth of the wine industry and developed the first-of-its kind 
  vertically integrated company, with vineyards stretching across 
  California, an on-site bottling plant, and an art department to 
  design bottles and labels, changing the face of California's wine 
  industry;

Whereas the Gallo Winery employs 4,600 people in the State of 
  California, providing critical highly-skilled employment 
  opportunities in the San Joaquin Valley and greatly contributing to 
  the economic strength of the State;

Whereas Ernest Gallo and the Gallo Winery were bestowed countless 
  awards for achievement in winemaking, including the American Society 
  of Enologists Merit Award, the wine industry's highest honor, in 1964 
  for outstanding leadership in the wine industry, the Gold Vine Award 
  from the Brotherhood of the Knights of the Vine wine fraternity, the 
  1983 Distinguished Service Award from The Wine Spectator, and the 
  Winery of the Year Award in both 1996 and 1998 by the San Francisco 
  International Wine Competition; and

Whereas Ernest Gallo was widely known for his generous philanthropic 
  work in the City of Modesto and throughout the State of California, 
  including an endowment for the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, 
  the establishment of the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at 
  the University of California at San Francisco for research into 
  genetic, biochemical, and neurobiological aspects of alcohol abuse, 
  and countless other healthcare and educational endeavors: Now, 
  therefore, be it

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That Congress honors the life of Ernest Gallo, a pioneer in the field 
of winemaking, dedicated philanthropist, and community leader.
Attest:

                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Attest:

                                               Secretary of the Senate.