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Gallo says it is closing its West Turner Road crush facility in Lodi (San Joaquin County) and will lay off about 20 workers. (Google Street View) <\/p>\n Gallo says it is closing its West Turner Road crush facility in Lodi (San Joaquin County) and will lay off about 20 workers. (Google Street View) <\/p>\n
Modesto-based alcohol producer and distributor Gallo announced it will close one of its facilities and lay off 20 workers, industry publication Wine Business<\/a> reported, the latest in a string of shutdowns the company has enacted during a troubling period for the wine industry.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Gallo, the country’s largest wine company<\/a>, said the closure of its crush facility in Lodi (San Joaquin County) – a production house that turns grapes into wine for growers lacking their own facilities – “reflects available capacity in our other wineries in the region.”<\/p>\n Laid-off workers had been “individually notified” and were receiving support from the company, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n The closure of Gallo’s crush facility on West Turner Road<\/a> is one of a string of recent shutdowns for the alcohol giant. Earlier this year, the company announced the closure<\/a> of three Bay Area locations, including its Ranch Winery in Helena, causing nearly 100 workers to lose their jobs. The wine giant also shuttered its 300,000-square-foot Courtside Cellars<\/a> winery in San Luis Obispo County last year.<\/p>\n California’s $55 billion wine industry has been in crisis<\/a> for three years, driven by record declines in American alcohol consumption, growing awareness of alcohol’s health risks and the increased popularity of wine alternatives such as hard seltzers.<\/p>\n An industry report<\/a> published in January by Silicon Valley Bank predicted that<\/a> U.S. wine sales will continue to decline in 2026, albeit not as steeply as in 2025, then essentially flatline in 2027 or 2028.<\/p>\n Analysts predict at that point the industry will begin to recover, with Napa and Sonoma counties improving more rapidly than other wine-growing regions of the U.S.<\/p>\n Subscribe <\/p>\n