Gallo brands are sold in 90 countries, including much of Europe, and the company brings foreign wine to the U.S.: Malbec from the mountains of Argentina,
Chianti from Tuscany, Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, and Pinotage from Swartland, South Africa. But Gallo also trolls for well-known wine brands, gobbles them up and grows them. Such old-line names
as Mirassou, Louis M. Martini and Bridlewood Estate Winery are now among the 60 labels it owns.
Gallo is by far the most profitable wine company in the U.S. "There is almost no waste in that company," says Jon Fredrikson, a wine industry analyst. "They have a product for every grape."
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