Gallo Family Vineyards

We all have the family we share blood with and then we have the families we share passions with. Often, like in our family, you share both. In our family this passion is making great wine. It began when prohibition ended. Ernest & Julio Gallo were traveling the country selling grapes from the family vineyard. What they really wanted to do, however, was start a winery. They borrowed $5,000 from Ernest’s mother-in-law, taught themselves how to make wine by reading books in the local Modesto library and their dream was born.

A lot’s happened in the last 80 years and we’ve learned plenty along the way. Not only about making great wine, but also about what it means to be a family. While many traditions change, our family’s tradition has not and Gallo Family Vineyards is proud to still be family owned. Today, our family has expanded to include four generations of Gallos, as well as a Winery of employees that are now family too. Whether it’s your family at work, the friends you consider family or the crazy characters you’re related to, we know how special it is to spend time together, enjoying each other and what ties you together. However you define your family, we have great tasting, flavorful wines for you to enjoy with them.

We’re proud of our tradition of making great wine. But most of all, we’re honored to be invited to wherever your family gets together.

• E. & J. Gallo Winery is a family-owned winery with fifteen family members, spanning three generations of the Gallo family, actively working in the business.

• Established in 1933 and headquartered in Modesto, California, E. & J. Gallo Winery remains a privately held and ever-growing company that employs more than 7,000 people worldwide.

• E. & J. Gallo Winery offers a broad array of products that total more than 130 brands and include table, sparkling and luxury wines, beverage products, dessert wines and distilled spirits.

• With products available in more than 100 countries, E. & J. Gallo Winery is an exporter of California wine, and imports wines from Argentina, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa and Spain. Additionally, Gallo imports spirits from Australia, the Caribbean, Italy, Mexico, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.

• E. & J. Gallo Winery is one of the most highly acclaimed wine and spirits companies in the world, having earned major awards from prestigious competitions in the U.S. and internationally.

• For the past five years (2017-2021) Glassdoor has selected E. & J. Gallo Winery as one of the top 100 Best Places to Work. Best Places to Work is an annual award from Glassdoor that weighs the scores of over 600,000 companies for their culture, values, career opportunities, CEO approval and overall employment rating.

• For the last eight years, Gallo has earned a 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Corporate Equality Index, recognized as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality.

• E. & J. Gallo Winery owns nineteen wineries strategically located in wine regions throughout California, Washington, and New York and over 23,000 acres of vineyards across the state of California and Washington. In addition, the company contracts with growers who assist with yearly supply.

• E. & J. Gallo Winery’s commitment to the protecting the land and enhancing wildlife habitat through sustainable agricultural practices originated with the Winery’s co-founders, Ernest and Julio, in the late 1930s. All of the Winery’s coastal vineyards participate in a unique land management plan started by the co-founders where for every acre of land planted in vineyard, one acre of property is set aside to help protect and enhance wildlife habitat.

• E. & J. Gallo Winery was recognized as the first winery in the U.S. to receive the International Standards Organization’s ISO 14001 certification, created to assist companies with reducing impacts on the environment.

• E. & J. Gallo Winery has led the way in developing and refining new environmentally friendly practices such as minimizing the use of synthetic chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides, recycling and reusing processed water, creating new wetlands and protecting existing riparian habitats.

It's no secret that healthy vines grow the best grapes, and ultimately make the best-tasting wines. Our vineyards provide diverse soils and growing conditions, including cool coastal climates along the rugged Central Coast; the unique combination of warm days and cool nights found in Sonoma and Napa Counties; and the hot, dry summers and cool, damp winters of the Central Valley. At E. & J. Gallo Winery, our talented vineyard teams maximize winegrape quality while minimizing the impact on the soil and surrounding environment. They nurture and maintain the vineyards with knowledge, instinct and skill, turning what nature provides into a bountiful harvest of the finest quality winegrapes.

While it’s true that great wines are made in the vineyard, it takes a skilled and discerning winemaker to recognize the value of the fruit and craft it into a great wine. At E. & J. Gallo Winery, we’re proud to have world-class winemakers around the globe, who learn from one another and artfully create award-winning wines recognized by critics and consumers alike for their quality and value. Whether you want wine for a backyard barbecue or as a gift for a friend’s wine cellar, our winemakers strive to ensure that our wines will enrich any occasion.

At E. & J. Gallo Winery, our passion for quality never stops. Although the art of making wine is more than 5,000 years old, we always ask questions and apply what we learn so we can improve the evolution of wine from the vine to the bottle – and ultimately to your glass. Ernest and Julio Gallo were committed to constantly improving their products, and today we carry on that commitment by tapping into the tools that have emerged over time to help us create better wines than ever before.