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

That Congress honors the life of Ernest Gallo, a pioneer in the field of winemaking, dedicated philanthropist, and community leader.