Publicly traded wine companies

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Vincor trades on the TSX (Toronto) under symbol VN. You can see a list of brands at

Seagrams used to own some wineries and dist. for others.

Are they public?

Leo, are you only looking for US companies? I think Southcorp and Constellation (both Oz, though Constellation owns Canandaigua Brands) are public, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy too. In US on much smaller scale Willamette Valley Vineyards & Scheid are on NASDAQ I think. Beringers was publicly traded, but I think someone took them over? Dale

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They were bought by Foster's, an Australian beer and wine company.

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Willamette Valley Vineyards in Oregon, I believe is still publicly traded.

J~

Leo Bueno wrote:

They sold off pretty much all their alcohol interests about a year ago to Pernod-Ricard, a decision that was certainly welcomed in Speyside.

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True. And in the case of Foster's, it's the wine business that's hurting them right now. Beer seems to be selling well. I don't know much about the beer business, but my sense is that it has no counterpart to an oversupply of grapes, which is one of the main reasons the wine business is hurting just about everywhere today.

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Sure? Wasn't that Diageo?

M.

To quote from the Pernod Ricard website

"Via its subsidiaries, Pernod Ricard produces and distributes prestigious brands in many categories of spirits and wines. The key brands are : Chivas Regal, Clan Campbell, Havana Club, Jacob's Creek, Jameson, Martell, Pastis 51, Ricard,Ramazzotti, Seagram's Gin, The Glenlivet, Wild Turkey.

The other strategic brands are : Royal Salute, Bushmills, Olmeca, Wyborowa, Four Roses, Sandeman.

The key local brands are : 100 Pipers, Larios, Suze, Ararat, Royal Stag, Dita, Montilla, Becherovka, Blenders Pride, Something Special."

Further down the website is a report of its refinancing of various loans used for its acquisition of Seagram in March 2001 and a search on the press release part shows

"Paris, December 19, 2000 Pernod Ricard announces that it has, jointly with Diageo, signed an agreement to purchase the Seagram Spirits and Wine business from Vivendi Universal for US$ 8.15 billion in cash, on a debt free basis. Pernod Ricard will contribute approximately US$

3.15 billion (? 3.7 billion) or 38.6% of the total purchase price. Pernod Ricard and Diageo will split the Seagram business based on the Framework Agreement signed between the two companies as previously announced."

According to the Diageo website

"The acquisition will result in Diageo obtaining Crown Royal and VO Canadian whiskies, Captain Morgan rum and 7 Crown American whiskey. Each have leading positions in their categories and Diageo will gain the scale to achieve significant distribution efficiencies. Diageo is also acquiring wine businesses, principally Sterling Vineyards, which will be an important step in building a value-creating wine business.

Diageo is also obtaining several brands with attractive local positions. These include Cacique rum in Venezuela and Spain, Windsor Premier Scotch whisky in Korea and Myers, a premium rum in the US."

James

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[Joint acquisition of Pernod-Ricard & Diageo]

Thank you for clarification.

M.

Unsure if this has anything to do with this, but an ITB acquaintance warned me last month to be wary of deals in NJ on Seagrams-imported wines from older recent vintages. Apparently there is a large amount (mostly '97-'99 vintage French) on the wholesale auction block, with very questionable storage history.

Dale

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Slightly off topic: Mondavi Restructuring Will Reduce Family Control of Winery, Prompting Rumors of Sale