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OCTOBER NEWS Headlines NEWS BYTES Tero owners buy Waters Winery D oug Roskelley and Mike Tembreull, owners of Tero Estates and Flying Trout Wines, acquired Waters Winery in Oregon Continues to Draw Investment Walla Walla, Wash. As part of the deal, Roskelley and Tembreull announced that Waters' original winemaker Jamie Brown would return as winemaker for the well-known Washington winery. The deal also included the 21 Grams brand, which is now wholly owned by Roskelley Resonance purchase follows Soléna Estate buy and Tembreull. M GROWERS seek AVA changes cMinnville, Ore.—Oregon's wine industry is set for a banner year of transactions, with two additional major winery purchases announced in August. Burgundy's Maison Louis Jadot acquired Resonance Vineyard, a 20-acre property in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA, from Carla and Kevin Chambers for an undisclosed sum. Originally planted to Pinot Noir in 1981, the vineyard is Jadot's first foray outside Burgundy. Grapes from the vineyard will go to Trisaetum Vineyards near Newberg, Ore., for processing this fall under the supervision of Jacques Lardiere, formerly winemaker at Louis Jadot's operations in France. Lardiere will also oversee vineyard operations. "I can't think of a better steward to hand off the property to than the Jadot team," winesandvines.com Kevin Chambers Learn more: told Wines & Vines. Search keywords "Resonance Vineyard." "The timing was very good for us. The Oregon industry as a whole right now is on a new growth curve." The owners of Maison Louis Jadot in the United States initially approached International Wine Associates of Healdsburg, Calif., regarding potential acquisition opportunities. Resonance surfaced as a possibility, and the deal proceeded. "They were looking for a small, worldclass Pinot Noir property," said Robert Nicholson, principal of International Wine Associates. "Oregon is graduating from small, boutique status to being recognized as a world-class producer of great Pinot Noir," he said. Chambers, whose family has been farming in Oregon for five generations, plans 14 W in es & V i ne s O C TOB E R 20 13 T he TTB has accepted a petition by Martha Cunningham of 3 Horse Ranch Vineyards in Eagle, Idaho, to cre- ate the new Willow Creek AVA, which would consist of 67 acres currently in the Snake River Valley AVA. The Willow Kevin Chambers Robert Nicholson to buy a new, 80-acre vineyard in the EolaAmity Hills south of McMinnville, which will also allow them to refresh their housing. But given his farming heritage, the vineyard is key for Chambers. Chambers won't betray his love for Pinot Noir, which he'll plant at lower elevations of the new south-facing property, but he's keen to put Chardonnay and Riesling at the middle elevations, graduating to Riesling alone on the higher elevations. The Jadot deal comes on the heels of an announcement that Jackson Family Wines will purchase a 15,000-case winery and 35-acre vineyard from Yamhill, Ore.-based Soléna Estate, owned by Laurent Montalieu and Danielle Andrus Montalieu. Soléna sold the property in connection with its move to a new production facility in the Dundee Hills. The deal (for an undisclosed amount) gives Jackson Family Wines a small-scale facility that will serve its recently acquired vineyards in the area. "In order to fulfill our vision for creating world-class Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley, we need a winery capable of producing artisan wines," Hugh Reimers, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Jackson Family Wines, said in a news release. —Peter Mitham Creek petition came after growers led by Dr. Alan Busacca refiled a petition for the creation of the Lewis-Clark Valley AVA, which would encompass eight counties surrounding Clarkston, Wash., and Lewiston, Idaho. Carneros Brewing Co. Ceja brothers open brewery E xperienced brewer Jesus Ceja teamed with brothers Pedro and Armando, who own and manage Ceja Vineyards, and Manuel, an engineer based in Los Angeles, to open the Carneros Brewing Co. near Sonoma, Calif. A building adjacent to the brewery will house a winery and custom-crush operation run by Armando and Pedro Ceja. The brewery uses several types of hops that are grown on site.