Franzia

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Wine brand (founded 1906)

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nameFranzia
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image_captionMardi Gras Revelers Dressed As Franzia Box Wine
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founded1906
founderTeresa Franzia
defunct
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ownerThe Wine Group
num_employees_year
parentThe Wine Group
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Teresa Franzia (born Teresa Carrara, 1879–1949) founded the Franzia Wine Company in 1906. Teresa's daughter, Amelia Franzia Gallo, was the wife of winemaker Ernest Gallo. Teresa loaned Ernest the money to start his company.

History

The brand was originally named after the Franzia family, who began growing grapes in California in 1892 and making wine in 1933 after the repeal of prohibition, later operating as the Franzia Brothers Winery, a Central Valley winery in Ripon, California. In 1973, Coca-Cola agreed to acquire the Franzia Brothers Winery for stock valued at about $49.3 million. As part of the acquisition, the Franzias were prohibited from using their name in future winemaking businesses—The Franzia Brand, prominent on the boxed wines, is today unconnected to the family, who have subsequently opened a business called the Bronco Wine Company. In 1981, the Coca-Cola Company agreed to sell the wine business of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York (which included the Franzia Brothers Winery alongside the Mogen David Wine Corporation and Tribuno Wines Inc.), in a management buyout involving the top-level managers of the bottler's wine business and the First Boston Corporation.

Vineyard

Franzia is produced by The Wine Group, which is based at Concannon Vineyard in San Francisco's East Bay, but operates 13 wineries in California, New York and Australia.

Wines

Red Wines

  • Bold and Jammy Cab
  • Burgundy
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Chianti
  • Chillable Red
  • Dark Red Blend
  • Fruity Red Sangria
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir/Carmenere

White Wines

  • Chablis
  • Chardonnay
  • Crisp White
  • Moscato
  • Pinot Grigio/Colombard
  • Refreshing White
  • Rich & Buttery
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Blush Wines

  • Pink Moscato
  • Rosé
  • Sunset Blush
  • White Merlot
  • White Zinfandel

In popular culture

Oregon State University students organize the Tour de Franzia, a costumed bike parade inspired by the brand's namesake. The parade attracts students, local residents, and out-of-towners and occurs every term. Similarly, students at Wesleyan University organize an unofficial campus scavenger hunt involving boxed wine.

References

References

  1. (26 January 2017). "Livermore's Concannon Winery to pay water pollution fine". East Bay Times.
  2. MW, Liz Thach. "Meet The Immigrant Woman Who Launched Franzia, The World's Largest-Volume Wine Brand".
  3. (22 February 2005). "In Napa Valley, Winemaker's Brands Divide an Industry". Wall Street Journal.
  4. "The History of Franzia".
  5. (11 May 2009). "Drink up".
  6. (13 September 1973). "Coca‐Cola Resets a Deal to Acquire Franzia Winery". The New York Times.
  7. (22 February 2005). "In Napa Valley, Winemaker's Brands Divide an Industry". Wall Street Journal.
  8. (16 July 1981). "Coca-Cola to Sell 3 Wine Concerns". The New York Times.
  9. (17 April 2018). "The Wine Group CEO talks 'premiumization' and millennials".
  10. "Tour de Franzia parades with little interference".
  11. "Franzia tourers plan to file for permit, pedal on".
  12. (6 May 2013). "Wesleyan's Tour de Franzia Meltdown Reaches Ridiculous New Levels".
  13. (6 May 2013). "Jezebel Terms Wesleyan Admin's Tour de Franzia Tactics 'Ridiculous'".

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