Ernest Gallo of E. & J. Gallo Winery has died, reports the NY Times. I only recently became aware of Mr. Gallo and his winery after reading about them in a Trademark case dealing with another's similar trade mark. After reading the case, however, I now know that his winery is one of the largest in the country and imports a massive amount of Italian wines.
E. & J. Gallo Winery is the source of 'Thunderbird' wine. I've heard of it, but never tried it:
It was named after the Ford sports car and was aimed directly at “the misery market,” according to “Blood and Wine,” Ellen Hawkes’s unauthorized biography of the family. By the end of 1957, Ms. Hawkes reported, Gallo was making 32 million gallons of Thunderbird.
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