10 Most Famous Wine Brands in America: Godfather & Kangaroo

New data from YouGov has found the most popular and famous wine brands sold in the United States.

Most Popular and Famous Wine Brand in America

YouGov.com has a running rating system that ranks how popular beverages are over time. According to their data, these are the top 10 most popular and famous wine brands in America right now.

List of Top 10 Most Popular and Famous Wine Brand in America Right Now

1. Francis Ford Coppola

2. Yellow Tail

3. Barefoot Wine

4. Stella Rosa

5. Sutter Homes Wines

6. Robert Mondavi Winery

7. Woodbridge By Robert Mondavi

8. Cupcake Vineyards

9. Robert Mondavi Private Selection

10. Kendall Jackson

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1. 'The Godfather' Francis Ford Coppola - The #1 Most Popular Winery

Francis Ford Coppola - Most Popular Wine Brands

Claret is dark and luscious, bringing together fragrant notes, good length, firm tannins, and sophisticated character, enhanced by a full body and long finish.

Scents of: Toffee, Roasted Nuts, Tobacco, Vanilla.

Flavors of: Clove, Pepper, Caramel, Crème, Cocoa

Francis Ford Coppola is an award-winning producer and director, perhaps most famous for The Godfather franchise.

2. Yellow Tail - Australia Kangaroo Label

Yellow Tail - Most Famous Wine Brands

Australia’s famous original kangaroo label with a bracket on its brand name — continues to be the trend setter in the U.S and world of wine.

Aside from being Australia’s most exported wine brand for close to two decades now, Yellow Tail also retained its No. 1 position as World’s Most Powerful Wine Brand (Wine Intelligence Global Wine Brand Power Index 2021) for the fourth year in a row since 2018. Just last year, Yellow Tail celebrated its 20^th year anniversary, and the brand shows no signs of slowing down.

LATEST Offerings from Yellow Tail: Pure Bright Pinot Grigio and Whiskey Barrel Aged Cabernet Sauvignon.

In 1957, founders Filippo and Maria Casella emigrated from Sicily and began making wine at Casella vineyards. Yellow Tail was born in 2001 when John Casella noted the need for affordable, quality wine and began exporting his wine across the world. Fun fact: The logo of the wine is not a kangaroo, it is in fact a yellow-footed rock wallaby.

3. Barefoot Wine

Barefoot Wine

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The very first bottle of Barefoot was created in a garage in Modesto, California in 1965, and the name was in reference to the old-school practice of crushing wine grapes barefoot in barrels. In 1986, two entrepreneurs revitalized the brand and marketed the approachable wines with the iconic barefoot logo. They later sold the company to wine giant E&J Gallo.

Their slogan "Get Barefoot and Have a Great Time!" speaks to their ethos and the color-coded bottles are easy to decipher. Although the brand has modest beginnings, they have expanded and become a loved wine brand. In 2020, Barefoot wine was the number one best-selling wine brand in the world. The recognizable foot logo is a nod to how the wines should be enjoyed — barefoot and free.

Now with a vast range of wines, from still and sparkling, from sweet whites to dry, bold reds, Barefoot is attempting to show the world that it may, in fact, be possible to produce good wines in a large quantity.

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4. Stella Rosa

Stella Rosa’s popularity wins don’t stop in California. It’s also the No. 1 imported Italian wine brand in the U.S.

The first wine they produced was a Moscato D'Asti but the company now produces over 20 flavors of their semi-sweet wines. These wines are lower in alcohol than traditional wines at 5.5% ABV.
In 1917, when the Riboli family founded Los Angeles’ historic San Antonio Winery. Back then, Los Angeles was the prime location for wine growing in all of California. The Riboli family has continued its artisan winemaking tradition through four generations.

To create the Stella Rosa wines, the family chose the region of Asti, a province in Piedmont, Italy, as the source for its aromatic grapes, which have become the hallmark for the Stella Rosa style of wines. The area of Asti has particular significance to our family, as it is the birthplace of our family matriarch, Maddalena Riboli.

The first Stella Rosa wine was Moscato D’Asti, which has become a flagship of this line. Soon after, Stella Rosa Rosso was created – the brand’s first semi-sweet, semi-sparkling red wine blend, and first wine of its kind to be brought to America from Asti. The rapid phenomenal successes of these two wines began the lineage of Stella Rosa, which now boasts over 20 distinctive flavors.

5. Sutter Homes Wines

Sutter Homes Wines

Sutter Home original winery was founded in 1890 and then closed during Prohibition, until new owners, the Trinchero family, reopened it in the late 1940s. Sutter Home also claims to have created the original White Zinfandel, which was actually a happy accident. A problem with fermentation left the wine with a light pink color and excess residual sugar, usually a negative. The accidental wine was a smash hit, however, and it is still made today.

6. Robert Mondavi Winery

Robert Mondavi Winery

Robert Mondavi established his namesake winery in 1966 with a vision to create Napa Valley wines that would stand in the company of the world’s finest. He chose To Kalon Vineyard in the heart of the Napa Valley as the home for Robert Mondavi Winery. This first-growth vineyard, is known for producing some of the finest Cabernet Sauvignon wines in the world.

Mr. Mondavi believed that wines should reflect their origins. That they are the product of the soil, the climate, and the careful stewardship of those precious resources.

The wines begin at around $35 and go up from there.

7. Woodbridge By Robert Mondavi

Woodbridge By Robert Mondavi

California- Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine presents aromas and flavors of blackberry, dark cherry, toast, and spice. This medium-bodied California red wine pairs well with grilled meats.

A standard bottle of these wines rarely exceeds $7.

8. Cupcake Vineyards

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Cupcake Vineyards is found along California's Central Coast and was founded in 2008. The company is based in California but it works with growers worldwide to create wines that express regional characteristics.

These are casual wines for everyday consumption and they range in price from $10-$14.

9. Robert Mondavi Private Selection

10 Most Famous Wine Brands in America: Godfather & Kangaroo

Robert Mondavi Private Selection

Robert Mondavi is the third most recognizable name in the U.S. wine business. Robert Mondavi Private Selection refers to the company's spirit barrel-aged wines and private selection wines that are produced on California's Central Coast. This division of Robert Mondavi was founded in 1994 to make wines expressing the unique characteristics of Central Coast grapes. Many of these affordable wines range from $10 to $17.

10. Kendall Jackson

Kendall Jackson

This family-owned winery was founded in Sonoma County, California in 1982. Kendall Jackson produces a variety of reasonably-priced red, white, rose, and dessert wines.