Update: Greenfield/Cartlidge & Browne

This is an update to the introduction of Wine Industry Insight’s March 16, 2010 article titled: Calif Sanctions Greenfield/Cartlidge & Browne, 2 Others Over Grower Issues. The online versions of that article have been updated. The updates to that article are indicated in bold italics.

UPDATE:

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.)