UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 14, 2002
The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
California 0-13406 94-1696731
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(State or Other (Commission (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
621 Airpark Road
Napa, California 94558
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code 707-254-4200
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Item 5. Other Events.
The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd. released the following information on March 14,
2002:
THE CHALONE WINE GROUP'S ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE JUNE 6,
2002
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Napa, CA. March 14, 2002. The Chalone Wine Group (CWG) (NASDAQ: CHLN) will hold
its annual shareholder business meeting on Thursday, June 6, 2002, starting at 2
p.m. Pacific Time at the Company's offices at 621 Airpark Road, Napa,
California, announced President and CEO Thomas B. Selfridge. The meeting had
been previously scheduled for May 16, 2002.
The business meeting date was pushed back to encourage the attendance of as many
Shareholders as possible. The originally announced date was the Thursday before
CWG's Annual Shareholders' Celebration, which will be held in Soledad, CA on
Saturday, May 18, 2002. "We had originally set the date for the same weekend as
the Celebration to make it easier for Shareholders to attend both events,"
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explained Selfridge. "What we quickly found out was Shareholders didn't want to
travel to Napa for the business meeting and then have to immediately go to
Soledad for our Celebration. So, we've moved back the date for the business
meeting."
The Company recently changed its fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31.
As a result, the date for the Company's annual Shareholder business meeting is
in June, instead of meeting in August, as in the past.
The date of record for voting at the annual shareholder business meeting is
April 7, 2002. Proxy materials and the Company's annual report for its
nine-month transition period ending December 31, 2001, will be mailed in late
April 2002.
Chalone Wine Group, Ltd. is a Napa-based company specializing in premium red and
white varietal wines. In California, the Company owns and operates Moon Mountain
Vineyard, Carmenet(R) Vineyards, and Dynamite Vineyards in Sonoma County;
Chalone Vineyard(R) in Monterey County, Acacia(TM) Winery in the Carneros
District of Napa County, and Provenance Vineyards(TM), Hewitt Vineyard and Jade
Mountain in Napa County. In conjunction with its 50 percent joint-venture
partner, Paragon Vineyard Co., the Company also owns and operates Edna Valley
Vineyard(R) in San Luis Obispo County. In Washington State, the Company owns and
operates Sagelands Vineyard(TM) and Canoe Ridge Vineyard(R). Additionally, the
Company produces and markets wines under the brand name Echelon Vineyards. In
the Bordeaux region of France, the Company owns 23.5 percent of the
fourth-growth estate of Chateau Duhart-Milon, in partnership with Domaines
Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) which owns the other 76.5 percent.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ SHAWN M. CONROY BLOM
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Shawn M. Conroy Blom
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: [March 18, 2002]
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