Calif Sanctions Greenfield/Cartlidge & Browne, 2 Others Over Grower Issues

Greenfield Wine Company’s ability to buy winegrapes is on probation following recent sanctions by the Market Enforcement Branch of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).

The stipulated agreement between the MEB and Greenfield Winery (d.b.a Cartlidge & Browne Winery ) of American Canyon specifies that Greenfield will lose its license to buy winegrapes unless it sticks to its schedule to pay an original sum of more than $ 1.82 million owed to growers for the 2007 and 2008 vintages.

C&B Founder Tony Cartlidge told Wine Industry Insight that his company has only about $500,000 left of that to pay.

According to California state law, wineries may not legally buy winegrapes without a CDFA processor’s license.

(See related Wine Industry Insight article on the MEB.)

MEB REVOKES SKY SADDLE LICENSE, DENIES MARTIN & WEYRICH’S

In other recent action, the MEB has also denied a processor license to Martin & Weyrich Winery of Paso Robles and revoked the license of Sky Saddle Wines of Santa Rosa.

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Also In This Article:

• MEB ASKS FOR GREENFIELD LICENSE REVOCATION FOLLOWING GROWER COMPLAINTS

• VIP Subscribers can access the complete list of unpaid growers here.

• GREENFIELD AGREES TO STIPULATED PROBATION

• PROBATION LEASH SHORTER AS GREENFIELD VIOLATES PROBATION

• MARTIN & WEYRICH LICENSE APPLICATION DENIED

• SKY SADDLE LICENSE REVOKED FOR NON-PAYMENT

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