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Collector's Edition WINES&VINES 21 WINE INDUSTRY NEWS CALIFORNIA WX acquires Reckless Love, Sunday Funday WX Brands purchased Reckless Love and Sunday Funday wine brands. The two brands join WX Brands' portfolio, which includes Bread & Butter, Chronic Cellars, Ja- mieson Ranch Vineyards, Jelly Jar and Our Daily Wines. Reckless Love and Sunday Funday was founded by winemaker Chip Forsythe. Boeger receives congressional commendation Greg Boeger, founder and owner of Boeger Winery in Placerville, Calif., received a Congressional Commendation for Wine by U.S. Representative John Garamendi. The award "officially recognizes outstanding public achievements" of people who live in the congress- man's district. Earlier this year, Boeger received the Wine Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cali- fornia State Fair. Paradise Ridge breaks ground on new winery The Byck family officially broke ground to rebuild Paradise Ridge Winery a year after it was destroyed in the October 2017 wildfires. The winery hired Santa Rosa-based TLCD Architecture to design the new structure using the same foot- print as the original building. Wright Contracting will be managing construction. While Paradise Ridge moves forward in the next stage of recovery, the winery's Kenwood, Calif., tasting room remains open. Napa's Elyse Winery sold Ray and Nancy Coursen sold Elyse Winery to fellow Yountville local Josh Peeples. Russel Bevan will continue as winemaker. Elyse Win- ery was founded in 1987 with their first production of Zinfandel from Morisoli Vineyard. After a decade of winemaking at various custom crush facilities, in 1997 the Cour- sens purchased their winery and vineyard on Hoffman Lane. Halkovich named VP of operations at Heitz Heitz Wine Cellars hired Toby Halkovich as vice president of operations. Halkovich's responsi- bilities will include leadership and oversight of vineyard operations, winemaking, production and fa- cilities. Most recently the director of vineyard operations at Cake- bread Cellars in Rutherford, Calif., Halkovich was also the Cakebread viticulturist for almost a decade. Ted Reimer dies Thirty-year wine industry veteran Paul David Reimer, known by most as Ted, passed away in early November. His early career began with Joseph Phelps, which led to establishing his first company WineSpell. He owned, man- aged or worked for some of the country's top wine importers and distributors, including The Sorting Table, Wilson Daniels, Sherbrook Cellars, The Henry Wine Group, Benchmark Wine Group and Big Bang Wines. He is survived by his daughters, Natalie and Audrey, ex- wife, Jennifer, siblings, Mark and Kristie, and father, Paul. Maley hired as GM at Robert Young Robert Young Estate Winery in Regional News Continental Vintner™ Reserve Hose is created with precision, artistry and the latest technology – just like your wine. Our durable, flexible beverage transfer hose features a smooth, homogeneous inner tube that never imparts taste, odor or color to your wine. So when that cork pops, your liquid art will be the masterpiece it was meant to be. Need a hose as carefully crafted as the wine it's made for? Continental. We Have an Answer for That. WeHaveAnAnswerForThat.com A RT. Sonia Byck-Barwick, left, Walter Byck and Rene Byck.