In 1971 Sanford Winery and Vineyards discovered an overlooked, grape-growing treasure in the Santa Rita Hills. Recognizing a magical combination of climate and soil conditions much like those in France's famed Burgundy province, Sanford planted the area's first Pinot Noir in its Sanford & Benedict vineyard.Pinot Noir has thrived in the Santa Rita Hills ever since, and so has Sanford Winery. The pioneering winery's Pinot Noir ranks among the best and most distinctive in the world. And Sanford's leadership helped put Santa Barbara and the Santa Rita Hills on the map of the world's great wine regions. Certified as an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in 2001, today the area is renowned for its Chardonnay as well as Pinot Noir. The Santa Rita Hills AVA is 100 square miles of heaven for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and Sanford's estate vineyards - Rancho La Rinconada and Sanford & Benedict - lie within it. Sanford relies exclusively on these vineyards for its luscious, signature Pinots.The area owes its magic to an unusual east-west mountain valley that runs from the vineyards to the Pacific Ocean. This passage allows a meteorological ebb-and-flow between the mountains and the sea that is ideal for cool-climate varietals.

Monarch Beverages is a diversified, international beverage company operating in 35 countries and offering over 200 products spanning traditional carbonated soft drinks and New Age categories such as energy drinks.

Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. engages in the production and marketing of frozen and refrigerated food products in the United States. Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. frozen products include pesto sauces, stuffed pastas, and pasta sheets, as well as value-added specialty Italian pastas, focaccia, and cooked meat products. Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. markets and sells its products through a network of food brokers to retail, foodservice, and industrial customers, as well as to retail and foodservice distributors, and club-type stores. Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Hayward, California.

McCormick Distilling is best known for its imported Tequila Rose, a strawberry-flavored liqueur, used as a mixer with tequila. The company also makes and imports a variety of other distilled spirits, including vodka, gin, rum, bourbon, and whiskey. It also makes ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages like the scarily named Tarantula margaritas. McCormick operates a tasting room and gift shop at its headquarters in its hometown of Weston, Missouri. The company, which was founded in 1856, touts its distillery as the oldest, continuously operated distillery in the US.

Founded in 1977, Giles foods has two production facilities. Giles Foods company bakes and partially bakes specialty breads and manufactures chilled and frozen Danish pastries, garlic bread, dough balls, bread bites, and Belgium buns. Giles Foods company's Pain Artisan division manufactures partially baked frozen artisan and specialty breads including Italian style Foccacia and Ciabatta and American style Sourdough breads. The partially baked breads are shipped out for final baking at in-store bakeries.

Goodman Fielder Limited is engaged in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of food ingredients, and consumer-branded food, beverage and related products. It has five business segments. The Fresh Baking segment’s products include packaged loaf bread, bread rolls, chilled bread and other baked products. The Fresh Dairy segment operates in the New Zealand dairy industry with brands in milk, specialty cheese, culture products and small goods. The Home Ingredients segment is a supplier of consumer food products to supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand. Products include retail margarine and spreads, flour, cake mixes, biscuits, dressings, mayonnaise and frozen pastry. The Asia Pacific segment is a manufacturer and supplier of oil, flour, stock feed, processed chicken and snack foods in China, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Caledonia. The Commercial segment is a supplier of edible fats and oils to the Australasian food industry and flour to the New Zealand food industry.

Nichirei Corporation is a Japan-based holding company engaged in six business segments. The Processed Foods segment manufactures, processes and sells frozen food, processed agriculture products, retort-pouch food, acerola, wellness products and packed ice. The Marin Products segment is engaged in the processing and trading of seafood products. The Meat and Poultry Products segment processes and sells poultry, pork and beef, and operates beef barbecue restaurants. Low-temperature Logistics segment is engaged in the third party logistics (3PL) business; the provision of storage, inventory control, import clearance, freezing and unfreezing services, and the design, construction and maintenance of buildings. The Real Estate segment is engaged in the sale of building lots; the leasing of office buildings and parking lots, and the management of real estate. The Others segment is engaged in the insurance agency business, and the provision of greenery and cleaning services, among others.

Jennie-O Turkey Store is gobbling up profits in the turkey-processing marketplace. A Hormel subsidiary since 1986, Jennie-O processes more than 1 billion pounds of turkey annually for the production of fresh, frozen, refrigerated, and deli products. Answering the convenience-food call, it also offers heat-and-serve turkey entrees named SO EASY. Jennie-O also offers a full line of foodservice products. The company's more than 1,500 different turkey products are available throughout the US, as well as in other countries. It accounted for 19% of its parent's 2008 sales. The company was formed in 2001 as a result of the merger of Jennie-O Foods and The Turkey Store Company.

Foley Family Wines (formerly the Foley Wine Group) knows the business of wine -- it was founded by the ex-CEO of Fidelity National Financial, William P. "Bill" Foley II. The company owns a portfolio of five wineries in California and a majority interest in Three Rivers Winery in Washington State. Firestone Vineyard, Foley Estates, and Lincourt Vineyards are all located in Santa Barbara County, cult cabernet maker Merus is in Napa Valley, and Sebastiani Vineyards is in Sonoma. Altogether, Foley Family Wine's wineries produce about 375,000 cases per year. In addition, the group owns about 600 acres of vineyards in Santa Barbara County.

Ovations Food Services, L.P. was founded in 1996 and is based in Lutz, Florida. Ovations Food Services, L.P. operates as a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Ovations Food Services, L.P. operates as a food service contractor. It provides professional food, beverage, and related services to sports and recreational facilities in North America. Ovations Food Services company specializes in serving sit-down dinners, company picnics, family birthday parties, and private moonlit dinners. Ovations also offers professional, multi-disciplined, and merchandise management services. Its clients include convention and exposition centers, fairs and entertainment centers, and sports centers.

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