[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 121, 110th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
[NOTE: Apr. 18, 2007 -  [H.Con.Res.88] ERNEST GALLO--HONORING

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;


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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.

Agreed to April 18, 2007.