Benziger & Imagery sold to the Wine Group for $70-80 mill

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Sonoma Valley Sun

Another Sonoma County winery has been sold to a wine industry behemoth.

According to North Bay Business Journal, Benziger Family Winery and Imagery Winery have been sold, for an estimated $70-80 million, to the Wine Group.

The Wine Group is based in Livermore. They make Franzia boxed wine and other big box wines such as Cupcake.

Staff members will be employees of The Wine Group and a shuffle of management leads to new titles for long-time employees and family members: “Mark Burningham, who has worked with the family for almost 30 years, will take over as general manager of North Coast operations. Chris Benziger, Mike Benziger’s brother, becomes vice president for trade relations at Benziger. Joe Benziger, another brother, remains winemaker for second label Imagery,” reports to North Bay Business Journal.

Read more about the sale here.