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MARCH NEWS News Briefs Wines & Vines welcomes news items from wineries, vineyards and industry suppliers located in the wine regions of North America. Send us your latest news by emailing Andrew Adams at edit@winesandvines.com. Items may be edited for clarity and brevity. CALI FO R N I A site and should allow the winery to expand from 1,200 cases to 2,000 cases per year. Details: lonebuffalovineyards.com. CAWG honors members The California Asso�� ciation of Winegrape G �� rowers named Steve McIntyre of Monterey as the group���s grower of the year. CAWG also honored Ben Drake, president of Drake Enterprises Inc., for his work in the early 1990s rallying Temeculaarea growers to respond to the threat of Pierce���s disease. Details: cawg.org. Sapporo Rhonda Motil named marketing director J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, based in San Jose, Calif., hired Rhonda Motil as its new senior marketing director. Motil is the former executive director of the Monterey Growers Association. Details: jlohr.com. Ramey chairs Family Winemakers David Ramey, owner of Ramey Wine Cellars in Healdsburg, was elected chair of Family Winemakers of California for 2013. Ramey is serving his second term. Details: familywinemakers.org. N O RTH WEST Auction donates $250,000 to WSU Rhonda Motil Sierra Foothills winery expands Lone Buffalo Vineyards near Auburn opened a new winery and tasting room. The 2,400-square-foot tasting room and production winery is situated on a 12-acre nounced Price���s purchase of Cap���s Crown vineyard in the Petaluma Gap area of Sonoma County in a deal reported to be worth more than $13 million. The 406acre property includes 138 acres of vineyards. Kosta Browne Winery, of which Price is the chairman, will lease 37 acres of the Cap���s Crown vineyard as the winery���s first estate vineyard. Price purchases Cap���s Crown vineyard Bill Price, owner of Classic Wines LLC and Price Family Vineyards LLC, along with the investment firm GI Partners an- The Auction of Washi n g t o n Wi n e s a n nounced it contributed $250,000 to the Washington State University Viticulture & Enology Department in Pullman, Wash. The donation will support research at the school, Tokyo Nagoya Osaka ma Largest Manufacturer of Grape Stakes Nationwide! Your Source for All Vineyard Trellising Supplies ��� Training Stakes ��� Anchors ��� Bird Netting ��� Crossarms ��� End Posts ��� Fencing ��� Grape Stakes ��� T-Posts ��� Grow Tubes ��� Vine Protection ��� Wire ��� Wood Stakes ��� Erosion Control ��� And More! Buy Direct & Save! We are fully stocked with all repair materials! 800.423.8016 www.JimsSupply.com 18 W in e s & V i ne s M AR C H 20 13