* Franzia, brand of box wine

Franzia is a brand of wine produced by The Wine Group, known for its box wines sold in 3 and 5-liter cartons.

The Franzia family sold the brand to Coca-Cola in 1973 when Fred Franzia was in his early adult years ; and it was sold to The Wine Group in 1981.

In addition to Franzia, The Wine Group produces the Concannon brand of wines, as well as brands including Casarsa ( an Italian wine ), Corbett Canyon, Fish Eye, Foxhorn, Austin Vale, Glen Ellen, Mogen David ( kosher ), Morassutti ( Italian ) and Tribuno.

Franzia himself has said in reference to claims that he sells wine for virtually the same price as a bottle of water:

Franzia has also been at odds with California's premium winemakers for several years over his inclusion of Napa and other related appellation terms on labels of his wines.

In Franzia, after Good / Phink tricks the local version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame to stop the other racers, El Fabuloso finally discovers they're one and the same, but no one believes it and the narrator assumes El Fabuloso has a malfunction.

CEO Fred Franzia, nephew of wine legend Ernest Gallo, started Bronco Wine in 1973, with his brother, Joseph, and cousin, John Franzia, after the Franzia winery business was purchased by Coca-Cola and then later by the Wine Group, a privately held bulk wine producer based in San Francisco ( the source of the " bag-in-box " wines that bear the Franzia name, but which have no connection to either the Franzia family or to Bronco ).

At the University of Tennessee, a student was hospitalized with a blood alcohol level of nearly. 45 after ' butt-chugging ' Franzia wine.

Franzia also pled guilty for his involvement, paid a $ 500, 000 fine, stepped down as Bronco's president and member of the company's board of directors and agreed to refrain from having any involvement with grape purchasing for five years in lieu of prison time.

* Fred Franzia, CEO, Bronco Wine Company and Classic Wines of California

Fred and Joe Franzia attended Santa Clara University and picked their school symbol for the company.

" We choose to sell good quality wines at $ 2 a bottle because we think it's a fair price ," Fred Franzia told ABC News.

* Fred Franzia Warms at 30th Anniversary of Bronco Wine Company by Paul Franson from Wine Business Monthly in June 2004.

* http :// www. inc. com / magazine / 20060501 / franzia. html Article from Inc. magazine about Fred Franzia

Franzia, his brother, and a cousin co-own Bronco and control at least < span style =" white-space: nowrap "> 35, 000 acres ( 140 km² )</ span > of vineyards under cultivation in the Central Valley, more than any other entity ... Bronco also controls its own distribution company, Classic Wines of California ... an empire that stretches from near Sacramento to the edge of the Tehachapi Mountains an hour north of Los Angeles, where Bronco is busy planting at least one new " section " -- which is to say, < span style =" white-space: nowrap "> 640 acres ( 2. 6 km² )</ span >, or a square mile -- each year.

Franzia and Bronco were also featured in the 2007 documentary A State of Vine.

In 1993 Franzia and Bronco Wine Company were indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to defraud by misrepresenting cheaper grapes as premium Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Teresa Franzia ( May 30, 1879 – April 8, 1949 ), born Teresa Carrara, was the founder of the Franzia Wine Company.

Teresa's daughter Amelia Franzia Gallo was the wife of Wine Maker Ernest Gallo.

The Wine Group, known for its Franzia " wine in a box ," is the United States ' third-largest wine company, by volume, behind Constellation Brands and the E & J Gallo Winery.

Franzia wines, throughout their history, were known as affordable table wines, popular in the 60s and 70s as " jug wine ", and now as " box wine ".

Franzia is known as the " wine in a box.

Franzia is known by many college age students for a popular drinking-game, simply referred to as " Slapping the Bag " Or " Slapping the Baby.

" The task is for a group to finish the " baby " or " bag " of Franzia by slapping the bag while drinking directly from the discharge spigot, passing it to a friend, then repeating the process until the bag is empty.

Its origins are in the Franzia Brothers winery in California, which had been sold to the bottler.

Franzia sued the state of California over implementation of a 2000 law that tightened Federal labeling laws.

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