SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                              Washington, DC 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): April 22, 2002


                          THE CHALONE WINE GROUP, LTD.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         California                   0-13406                     94-1696731
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(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission                 (I.R.S Employer
     of incorporation)             File Number)              Identification No.)


                                621 Airpark Road
                             Napa, California 94558
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          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (707) 254-4200






ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS


     In the  Company's  Form 10-K for the  nine-month  transition  period  ended
December 31, 2001,  the Company  disclosed  that its  revolving  bank loan would
expire March 31, 2002 and that the Company was in  negotiation  with its bank to
renew the borrowing arrangement for an additional three years.

     On April 22, 2002, the Company finalized the borrowing arrangement with its
bank.  The  Company's  revolving  bank  loan  expired  March  31,  2002  and two
extensions  were provided  extending  the maturity  date to April 30, 2002.  The
borrowing  arrangement with its bank involves (1) a $55 million revolving credit
facility  secured  first by  inventory  and  accounts  receivable  and second by
substantially  all of the Company's  fixed assets (other than certain  specified
assets),  and (2) a $17.5 million term loan secured first by a security interest
in certain of the Company's fixed assets (other than certain  specified  assets)
and second by the Company's  inventory and accounts  receivable,  each on a pari
passu basis with the holders of the Company's $30 million  previously  unsecured
senior notes issued in September  2000 (the  "Notes").  In  connection  with the
finalization,  the Company amended  certain of the provisions  applicable to the
Notes.



                                   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.

Dated:  April 26, 2002                     The Chalone Wine Group, Ltd.
                                                       (Registrant)


                                           By: /s/ SHAWN CONROY BLOM
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                                                   Shawn Conroy Blom
                                                   Chief Financial Officer