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October 2018 WINES&VINES 23 WINE INDUSTRY NEWS operations officer, Nicolas Quillé, earned his Master of Wine creden- tial from the Institute of Masters of Wine. In earning the qualification, Quillé joins a group of 370 other MWs around the globe. "Achiev- ing my Master of Wine is the culmination of all my education and experience," said Quillé in a statement. Winemaker and Greek national Olga Karapanou Craw- ford also earned the MW. She is a wine consultant and winemaker based in Napa, currently leading the winemaking team for negociant Penrose Hill Limited. EDWA honors MacCready John MacCready, founder of Sierra Vista Winery in Placerville, died June 24 at the age of 86. As one of a very few modern-era grape growers and winemakers in El Dorado County in the early 1970s, MacCready was a promoter of the county as a promising wine growing region. The El Dorado Winery Association acknowledged his contributions to the region's wine industry with a cel- ebration of life service, held Aug. 18. Along with fellow visionaries, Greg Boeger of Boeger Vineyards and Dick Bush of Madroña Vineyards, MacCready worked with county and state ag commissions and the Uni- versity of California, Davis, to define growing regions and experiment to find suitable grape varieties. Martini to restore historic winery Louis M. Martini Winery an- nounced plans to restore its his- toric winery in St. Helena. Howard Backen of Backen, Gillam & Kore- ger Architects is the lead architect on the restoration that will include a 30-foot-high glass wall providing views into the barrel cellar, dem- onstration dining room and an un- derground cellar with private wine libraries. The project is expected to be complete by March 2019. Donum breaks ground on new winery Donum Estate, which currently produces wine at a custom crush facility, began construction of an estate winery in Carneros sched- uled to open just in time for the 2019 harvest. The new facility will also include a hospitality pavilion. Tolosa names estate manager, assistant winemaker Tolosa Winery in San Luis Obispo hired Michael Giese as its new estate manager. In his new role, Giese is responsible for overseeing Tolosa's 25-person on-site sales and hospitality team, reporting di- rectly to Tolosa's general manager, June McIvor. Tolosa also hired Nicole Morris as the winery's new assistant winemaker, replacing Jason Fullmer who recently left to launch a mobile canning business for beer, wine and spirits. NORTHWEST Walla Walla acreage increases 4% in past two years A recent survey by the Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance found a 4.3% increase in the region's vineyard acreage in the past years to 2,933. Cabernet Sauvignon remains the leading grape variety, accounting for 36% of all acreage followed by Syrah at 18% and Merlot at 16%. Accord- ing to the survey, the Walla Walla re- gion is the fifth largest in Washington by planted vineyard acreage. CENTRAL Integrated Beverage Group hires Ed Killian Integrated Beverage Group in Denver, Colo., hired winemaker Ed • MOBILE CROSSFLOW SERVICES AVAILABLE IN CA, OR & WA • SALES & DELIVERY OF CUSTOM-BUILT CROSSFLOW & DE-ALC UNITS OFFICE: 707.257.2080 • MOBILE: 707.260.4011 • FILTRATION@WINETECH.US • WWW.WINETECH.US Nicolas Quillé