Gallo family
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The Gallo family is an American wine family. The father, Giuseppe "Joseph" Gallo, Sr., immigrant from Fossano, Italy, after a period of menial labor started farming grapes, founded a winery, and died in a murder-suicide when he shot his wife and then killed himself.[1][2]
Ernest and Julio Gallo started E. & J. Gallo Winery, which today is the largest exporter of California wines. Julio was focused on the production of wine, and Ernest on its sale.[3] A third brother, Joseph, was a rancher, cheese maker, and founder of Joseph Gallo Farms. In the 1980s, Julio and Ernest sued Joseph for its use of Gallo as a brand name for his cheese brand, and eventually won the trial.[3]