Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> January 19, 2004
GABRIEL MAGNOTTA is President and Chief Executive Officer of Magnotta
Winery Corporation. He is responsible for the overall operations of the
company, all regulatory issues and is greatly involved in the
development of new products. He oversees all areas of production,
quality control and purchasing of quality products from all over the
world. He is an honors graduate of York University with a degree in
Sociology and Physical Education and holds a Teaching degree in Business
from the Ontario College of Education. In the mid-1980s, Mr. Magnotta
and his wife Rossana Magnotta started Festa Juice to supply juice to the
home winemaker. In 1989, they purchased Charal Winery Osterman Estates,
changed the name and opened Magnotta Winery Estates in Vaughan in 1990. Profile
Mr. Magnotta: We were founded about 13 years ago, in 1990.
TWST: You were the founder?
Mr. Magnotta: Yes, my wife and I were both
