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Louis M. Martini Winery in St. Helena, pictured in 2022, is one of the locations impacted by Gallo’s layoffs. (Jessica Christian\/The Chronicle) <\/p>\n Louis M. Martini Winery in St. Helena, pictured in 2022, is one of the locations impacted by Gallo’s layoffs. (Jessica Christian\/The Chronicle) <\/p>\n
Gallo, the largest U.S. wine company, is closing a Napa Valley production facility and has planned layoffs at four other California wineries and tasting rooms, resulting in the loss of 93 jobs.<\/p>\n
Gallo will permanently close the Ranch Winery, a large production facility set on 70 acres in St. Helena, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice filed with California authorities. Gallo purchased the Ranch Winery<\/a> in 2015; the closure will impact 56 employees.<\/p>\n The notice also informed of staff reductions in St. Helena, at Louis M. Martini Winery and the Orin Swift tasting room (which completed an edgy renovation<\/a> in 2023), and in Healdsburg, at the sparkling winery J Vineyards and at Frei Ranch, another large production facility. Layoffs will impact a variety of departments, including winemaking, hospitality and culinary.<\/p>\n Gallo, which is headquartered in Modesto, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n The company acquired Whiny Baby<\/a>, a brand targeted at Gen Z drinkers, in 2025, but has otherwise been in a major downsizing phase for two years amid a global wine industry crisis – characterized by slumping sales, declining alcohol consumption<\/a> and a grape oversupply<\/a> – that’s not expected to bottom out<\/a> for another year or two. In 2024, the company sold two Central Coast winemaking facilities: its Edna Valley facility<\/a> in San Luis Obispo and the Wild Horse winery<\/a> in Templeton. (Gallo still owns the Wild Horse brand.) Last July, Gallo announced it was closing its final Central Coast facility, Courtside Winery, a 300,000-square-foot production facility in San Miguel, which impacted 47 jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Many of the country’s wine conglomerates are offloading and consolidating, and activity has picked up in the past few weeks. This month, Foley Family Wines & Spirits, the 14th-largest U.S. wine company, closed its production facility<\/a> for the historic Central Coast winery Chalone and laid off its entire staff. Trinchero Family Wine & Spirits, the third-largest company, listed two of its top vineyards for sale, and public entity Treasury Wine Estates, the seventh-largest U.S. wine company, paused dividend payments<\/a> following a large writedown on its U.S. businesses and a 17% drop in revenue over a half-year.<\/p>\n