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How the Gallo Family Built a Wine Empire with No Estate
When you think of Napa Valley wine, you likely imagine a sun-drenched estate with rolling vineyards. But E. & J. Gallo Winery — the largest wine producer in the world by volume — was started by two brothers who owned zero vineyards and zero aging cellars. In this episode, Lucas and Luna unpack the Gallo family's improbable rise from a rented warehouse in Modesto, California to a $5 billion empire controlling one in every four bottles of wine sold in the United States. They examine the key strategic pivot that saved the company after Prohibition, the brutal 1980s wine glut that forced…
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