Jackson Family Wines Layoff — April 2026

Jackson Family Wines ended production at its Carneros Hill facility in Sonoma’s Carneros region and laid off 13 employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice filed Feb. 12 and reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle. The company said the facility served as overflow production capacity, was not tied to any specific brand, had become underutilized, and operations were consolidated accordingly. The closure is part of broader reductions in the region that also affected other wineries and tasting rooms, while Gallo separately announced facility closures and additional staff cuts. Jackson Family Wines is the sixth-largest U.S. wine company and produces numerous brands, including Kendall-Jackson, but described this action as a consolidation of underused capacity rather than brand-specific cuts.

Jackson Family Wines disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on February 12, 2026. The notice covers 13 employees in Ramal Road Sonoma, CA (Sonoma County), with the layoff effective April 17, 2026.

That is roughly 1.1% of the 1,200 people Jackson Family Wines employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 2 layoff events at Jackson Family Wines since February 2026, including 13 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 1 additional event known from news reporting.