Word: gallos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meet the President of Ecuador? Be like Lorena Gallo. President Abdala Bucaram told the Ecuadorean-born Gallo, known in the U.S. by her married name, Lorena Bobbitt, that meeting her was "an extremely high honor." He added, "You look prettier than you do on television." He also gave her his CD, A Madman in Love...
...Americans have to pay a levy called the "generation-skipping tax," which is 55% on transfers of more than $1 million from a grandparent to a grandchild. But Dole once helped shrink even that paltry number at the urging of two of his biggest cash donors, Ernest and Julio Gallo. According to the Center for Public Integrity, the Gallos, who own the biggest wine-making company in the country, are Dole's largest financial backers, having given more than $1 million over the years. But that is a modest investment compared with the $80 million that the Gallos were able...
...WINEMAKERS ERNEST AND JULIO GALLO...
...GALLO TURNS A LEAF...
With more than $800 million in sales, Gallo is the king of jug wines. But the company's market share has evaporated from 42% to 35% in the past five years as consumers have switched to fancier though still inexpensive varietals, such as Kendall-Jackson's $12-a-bottle Chardonnay. Now Kendall-Jackson, an industry innovator with $150 million in sales, alleges that Gallo's new Turning Leaf brand illegally copies the label and look of K-J's best seller. Sour grapes, retorts Gallo, whose distribution power has helped the Turning Leaf line make inroads into Kendall-Jackson...