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Put on the ballot by the Wine Institute (along with Chevron and the California Chamber of Commerce), Proposition 26 will prevent the alcohol industry from being held accountable for the harm it causes in California. So far, Big Alcohol has donated more than $700,000 to the measure. – Read More – Take Action (Source: Marin INstitute News, 10/7/10)

Marin Institute unveiled a new report from the steps of the Wine Institute in San Francisco titled, „The Myth of the Family Winery: Global Corporations Behind California Wine.“ Marin Institute symbolically renamed the trade association the ‚Big Alcohol Institute,‘ pointing out that it is a tool of Big Alcohol that perpetuates the image of California wineries as small, local, and family-owned. In fact, 7 California wine corporations own 82 percent of the wine sold in the U.S., and 6 of them are global conglomerates who, together with the Wine Institute, work to defeat critical public health policies such as AB 1019. (Source: Marin Institute, December 2009)