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CALI FO R N I A
Muellers sell winery
Bob and Lori Mueller,
who own Mueller Winery in Sonoma County,
announced they had
sold their winery on
Starr Road near Windsor. The sale did not
include the Mueller brand, wine inventory
or grape contracts. The Muellers will be
moving their tasting room to downtown
Healdsburg and will crush grapes this year
at a shared facility in Santa Rosa. Details:
muellerwine.com.
purchase of Mayacamas Vineyards in the
Mt. Veeder appellation of Napa Valley.
Robert Travers had owned the winery
since 1968. Banks said in a statement that
he plans to renovate the winery and 52
acres of vineyards to "restore Mayacamas
to its original, celebrated state." Banks is
a founder and managing partner of Terroir Capital in Santa Barbara. Details:
mayacamas.com.
Don Sebastiani & Sons
hires winemaking director
Rob McNeill is the new director of winemaking for Don Sebastiani & Sons wine
company in Sonoma. McNeill previously
worked for Mumm Napa and will oversee the company's winemaking facility in
Banks, partners buy Mayacamas Vineyards
Napa and the winemaking team of Greg
Charles and Ali Banks, 5/17/06 10:57 AM Kitchens and Gloria Mercado-Martin. DeAlainFouquet_Aug06 with partners Jay
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and Joey Schottenstein, announced their
tails: donandsons.com.
Brambila launches new label
Gustavo Brambila
relaunched
his
own wine brand
as Gustavo Wine
after parting ways
with former partner Thrace Bromberger. Brambila
started
making
wine on his own in Gustavo
Brambila
1999 after working with Mike Grgich at Grgich Hills Cellars since 1977. Details: gustavowine.com.
Ammons named winemaker
at Rudd Estate in Oakville
Frederick Ammons is the new winemaker
at Rudd Estate winery in Oakville. Ammons is the former winemaker at The
Napa Valley Reserve and holds an enology degree from the University of Bordeaux in France. Details: ruddwines.com.
Malbecs join Sodaro
Denis and May-Britt Malbec will oversee winemaking operations at Sodaro
Estate Winery in Napa. The couple will
continue the winemaking program initiated in 2001 by Dawnine and Bill Dyer.
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