III 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 88 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 17, 2007 
Received 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life of Ernest Gallo. 
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 Mo-
desto Junior College, and married Amelia Franzia, 
daughter of the founders of Franzia Winery in 1931; 
Whereas Ernest Gallo, with his brother Julio Gallo, founded 
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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 Mo-
desto High School and demonstrating his entrepreneurial 
spirit early in life by traveling at the age of 17 to com-
plete his first business deal; 
Whereas Ernest Gallo, demonstrating great vision, antici-
pated the growth of the wine industry and developed the 
first-of-its kind vertically integrated company, with vine-
yards 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 con-
tributing to the economic strength of the State; 
Whereas Ernest Gallo and the Gallo Winery were bestowed 
countless awards for achievement in winemaking, includ-
ing 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 Inter-
national Wine Competition; and 
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Whereas Ernest Gallo was widely known for his generous 
philanthropic work in the City of Modesto and through-
out the state of California, including an endowment for 
the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, the establish-
ment of the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at 
the University of California at San Francisco for re-
search into genetic, biochemical, and neurobiological as-
pects 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 phi-
lanthropist, and community leader. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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