Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley was mostly prune orchards and pastures when, in 1962, Maggie and Harry Wetzel purchased a large portion of a homestead built by Cyrus Alexander, the valley’s nineteenth century namesake. Here, in a rural community of family farms and ranches, the Wetzel family settled. They raised livestock, cultivated bountiful gardens and restored Alexander’s original home, making it the center of family life. With an eye to their neighbors in nearby Napa Valley, the Wetzels boldly planted premium grape varieties, among the first in the area. Then the family built a small winery. Hank Wetzel, oldest son of Maggie and Harry, produced Alexander Valley Vineyard’s first wine in 1975. His wife Linda set up the books and managed the winery office. AVV quickly established a reputation for estate grown wines with distinctive varietal character. Acclaimed for crisp Chardonnay and luscious Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley Vineyards brought recognition to the appellation and became a leading winery in Sonoma County.

Pecorino Romano, Grana Padano, Asiago, and plain old Parmigiano Reggiano are the stuff of life for Lotito Foods. At its two plants in New Jersey, the company cuts and packages domestic and imported Italian hard cheeses for its retail and foodservice customers. Various product options are available -- Lotito will grate, shred, halve, cube, or wedge your cheese, or you can order whole wheels. Along with its Gabriella and Suprema brands, the company packages its cheeses under private labels for retailers. Owned and operated by the third generation of the Lotito family, the company expanded dramatically in 2002, when it purchased the assets of bankrupt Suprema Specialties for $4 million. Among its foodservice customers is Darden Restaurants (owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster).

Misionero Vegetables company provides bagged salads, lettuce, baby carrots, spinach, arugula, and an array of other vegetables for retail food and foodservice customers. Misionero's brands include the EarthGreens (organic) and GardenCut (conventional). Headquartered in California's Salinas Valley, the company ships its fresh produce throughout the US, as well as internationally from its facilities in California and Arizona. A family-owned and -operated business, Misionero was founded by Floyd Griffin some 35 years ago.

Arista Industries has been a leading supplier of premium seafood and top quality oils. From its modest beginnings in New York in 1930, Arista Industries set unprecedented standards in their relentless pursuit of superior products. With an aggressive spirit and dedicated personal service, Arista soon earned recognition among the most highly regarded suppliers in the business.Today, Arista Industries has enlarged its oil division product line to include specialty marine oils, natural vegetable oils, and industrial oils. Arista has expanded the seafood division from primarily Asian and South American imports to a strong position in the American domestic shrimp production of the Gulf of Mexico, with packing plants in several locations from the gulf coast. Arista is now established as a global competitor servicing top clientele in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, foodservice, wholesale and retail seafood industries.

BakeMark USA LLC produces bakery and food ingredients and supplies. It offers mixes, bases, fillings, icings, glazes, frozen products, flours, sugars, shortenings, and paper products. The company also provides mixes and bases for donuts, cakes/muffins, cookies/brownies/scones, Danish/laminated dough, cinnamon rolls, bagel/bread/rolls, fruit/crème fillings, custard/mousse/powders, icings and glazes, flavors and colors, Hispanic ingredients, shortening/oil/pan sprays, and bakery essentials.

Sun World was established in early 1­976 as a packer and marketer of fresh fruits and vegetables. In the 1980s, consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables was on the rise and consumers were increasingly seeking better tasting, more conveniently available produce. As the market changed, so did Sun World. The Company exited the commodity fruit and vegetable business and became involved in the farming, packing and marketing of an extensive collection of specialty-branded produce.Sun World initiated a series of relationships with various research and academic organizations around the world, setting out on its quest to improve the flavor, color, texture and overall quality of specific fruits and vegetables.

Goulding Chemicals Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Origin Enterprises plc and has been in existence since 1856.Goulding Chemicals Ltd supply a wide range of Agricultural Fertilisers and Industrial Chemicals to the Irish market - North and South. Goulding Chemicals supplies Irish farmers with agricultural fertilizers and industrial chemicals such as sodium and potassium hydroxide and sulphuric, hydrochloric, and nitric acids. The company has operations in Ardee, Askeaton, Athenry, Cork, Derry, and New Ross. The company distributes its products by the bag, in bulk, or by the tank load to the Irish agricultural market. It also provides technical consultation to farmers. Goulding brand garden care products have been moved over to its sister company Power Seeds and Hardware. Goulding is owned by agri-business Origin Enterprises.

As the first company of Yıldız Holding, operating its core business for 64 years, Ulker Biskuvi serves as the flagship of the Holding both in terms of sales turnover and profitability. According to the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ICI) 2007 list of Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises, Ulker Biskuvi was ranked 108th.In 1996, Ulker Biskuvi received the ISO 9002 certification for quality standards in production; and in 2001, it was awarded the HACCP certification for quality standards in food safety. In 2002, it won the top mark of “High Level” in an analysis made by the Europe-based quality certification firm BRC, which has further secured its success in the field of quality control.

Belvedere delivers velvety vodka. The company was founded after the fall of the Berlin Wall to promote the virtues of premium vodka made in Eastern European countries. Belvedere no longer makes its original namesake brand, which it named in honor of the presidential palace in Warsaw; it sold the rights to the brand in 2001. The company's flagship vodka is the rye-based Sobieski. Belvedere makes and sells Sobieski and other spirits, including William Peel whiskey, in frosted-glass bottles designed to emphasize their luxury quality. The company also distributes wine and spirits in the US, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe. In 2009 Belvedere filed for bankruptcy protection and emerged from it the same year.

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.

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