Legal Opinion
Bronco Wine Company v. Jolly
California Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 2004No. S113136PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GEORGE, C. J.
This case concerns three brand-name labels (Napa Ridge, Napa Creek Winery, and Rutherford Vintners) appearing on wine bottled and marketed by petitioners Bronco Wine Company and Barrel Ten Quarter Circle, Inc. (hereafter Bronco). These wines are made not from grapes grown in Napa County, or in the Rutherford viticultural (wine grape growing) region of Napa County, 1 but instead from grapes grown in areas far from Napa, such as Stanislaus County and the environs of the City of Lodi—areas where the cost of grapes, and often their perceived quality as well, is considerably…
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