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Exhibit "1" Delicato was founded by Gaspare Indelicato in 1924 and is sustained by third generation Indelicato family members. DFV also owns vineyards in the San Joaquin County. The Facility and Land Application Areas (LAAs) are located in Manteca, CA. The Facility, which is composed of winery-related structures and associated LAAs, is located at 12001 S Highway 99 in Manteca in San Joaquin County. The Facility is in the southeast quarter of Section 8 and the northeast quarter of Section 17, Township 1 S, Range 7E of the Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. Facility features include an office, wine tasting room, maintenance area, processing buildings, and tank farms. This area is mostly paved with asphalt or concrete. Approximately 130 acres of land owned by Delicato surrounds the Facility to the north, south and west sides. Process and storm water are diverted to the surrounding LAAs for vegetative uptake. Winery related activities at the Facility include receiving and shipping grape juice and/or wine, crushing and bottling activities, and distribution in bulk containers. Process water is generated from grape processing activities and during tank, equipment, and floor cleaning activities. Storm water intercepted by the paved areas of the Facility also mixes with the process water flows managed at the Facility. Delicato receives and crushes grapes according to Delicato standards, ferments, presses, blends, and stores and, fines wines. Wines are bottled at the Facility or sold in bulk to other wineries. Distillation does not occur at the Facility. Approximately 140,000 tons of grapes are crushed at the Facility annually. The crushed grapes are transferred from the crusher/destemmers to the fermentation tanks and presses. Pomace removed from the presses is either sold for offsite composting or composted onsite. Wine is transferred from the fermentation tanks to onsite storage tanks for aging and fining. During the fining process, the wine is filtered using various filtration techniques. The temperature of the wine is regulated using an ammonia refrigeration system. Finished wine designated for bottling is transferred to onsite bottling operations for packaging. Approximately five million cases of wine are bottled onsite per year. Bulk designated wine is stored in tanks after fining and blending operations and transported through a third party trucking company. The tasting room operates 7 days a week from 9—5:30 selling DFV wines and gift shop items. The tasting room also provides space for local charities for after-hours wine tastings and fundraising approximately once per month. Once a year during the harvest the tasting room sells crushed grape juice for home winemakers for five days from 9 - 5. The home winemakers are limited to 50 gallons of juice. The Facility operates three shifts Monday through Friday during the non-crush season and two shifts six to seven days per week during the crush season (typically mid-July through October). Exhibit 1A illustrates a process flow diagram for wine making at the Facility. Delicato Family Vineyards Exhibit 1.doc 11/21/2011 Page 1 of 1