"We closed the deal for the ten acres on a handshake, and Beard had a rail spur line laid directly to the site of our new winery.
It wasn't many years before Beard was proved right. Eventually we needed every bit of that extra 30 acres that Beard kept reserved for us and then some. Today, in fact, the winery takes up 250 acres.
And today, in addition to transporting much of our volume by truck, we ship 10,000 railcars of wine each year out of town on the Modesto and Empire Traction Railroad.
I guess Beard knew a customer with potential when he saw one."
Julio Gallo "Earnest and Julio Our Story" by Earnest and Julio Gallo
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