[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 18 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 18

                   Honoring the life of Ernest Gallo.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2007

  Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) submitted the following 
   concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
                   Honoring the life of Ernest Gallo.

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, with only $5,900 in savings 
        and a winemaking pamphlet from the Modesto Public Library;
Whereas the Gallo brothers took their small family-owned winery and turned it 
        into the world's second largest winery by volume, 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--

    (1) in 1964, the American Society of Enologists Merit Award, the wine 
industry's highest honor, for outstanding leadership in the wine industry;

    (2) the Gold Vine Award from the Brotherhood of the Knights of the Vine 
wine fraternity;

    (3) the 1983 Distinguished Service Award from The Wine Spectator; and

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