Constellation Brands Wins Trademark Dispute Over ‘To Kalon’ Wine

Robert Mondavi Winery’s parent company Constellation Brands U.S. Operations Inc. won a permanent injunction in California federal court that will prevent Vineyard House LLC from using the “To Kalon” name in relation to “any wine, wine-related product, reference to a wine product, or event or activity where such wine is present or referenced.”

Vineyard House and Mondavi both own land in Napa Valley that once belonged to Hamilton Walker Crabb, a pioneering winemaker who sold celebrated “To Kalon” wine in the 1800s.

Vineyard House initially sued Constellation Brands in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, arguing ...