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APRIL 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. CALIFO R N I A Leigon named Reata president Bill Leigon is the new president of Reata Winery in Napa. Prior to joining Reata, Leigon was the president of Hahn Family Wines for 12 years. Details: reatawines.com. Spring Mountain founder dies at age 89 to form a separate, public company. Napa-based Crimson owns Pine Ridge Vineyards, Seghesio Family Vineyards and Chamisal Vineyards in California as well as Archery Summit in Oregon. Details: crimsonwinegroup.com. historic main house, which would later be used in the popular television show "Falcon Crest." Robbins sold the estate and retired from the industry in 1992. Muscardini Araujo taps VP for international markets Jaime Araujo is the new vice president of international markets for Araujo Estate Wines in Calistoga. Araujo, the first of her family's second generation to join the family-owned winery, will be based in Paris. Jaime Knight Michael Robbins, who founded Araujo Spring Mountain Vineyards, passed away Jan. 29 at his home in St. Helena. He was 89. Crimson spins off from Leucadia Robbins founded the winery in 1963 and later purchased the former Tiburcio10:52 AM Crimson Wine Group announced it had Parrott Cherokee_Nov05.qxt 9/19/05 Page 1 spun off from Leucadia National Corp. estate in 1974. He restored the property's Muscardini opens tasting room Muscardini Cellars opened a tasting room in Kenwood. The tasting room is open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Details: muscardinicellars.com. Promotion at Hope Family Wines Samantha Taylor was named assistant winemaker at Hope Family Wines in Paso Robles. She has been with the winery for three years. Steele joins Brassfield Estate Quincy M. Steele is the new associate winemaker for Brassfield Estate Winery hauling precious cargo • 24 hour dispatch • Competitive rates • Personalized Service • Radio/Cell phone equipped • State-of-the-art equipment • Maximum payload capacity • Over 30 years in operation • References available • Fleet of over 200 trucks including Wine Tanks and Dry Freight Vans CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES 5463 Cherokee Road • Stockton, CA 95215 Telephone: 209.931.3570 • or visit our website:www.gocfl.com 24 W in es & V i ne s AP R I L 2 013