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OCTOBER NEWS News Briefs CALI FO R N I A New owners for old Stevenot winery Matthew Rorick, owner of Forlorn Hope Wines in Napa, partnered with members of his family to purchase the Sierra Nevada Foothills winery that had been the original home of Stevenot Winery. The $4.7 million deal included a neighboring ranch, for a total of 350 acres near Murphys. A mortgage company owned the property after taking control from the former owner, Jack Munari. 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 edit@winesandvines.com. Items may be edited for clarity and brevity. Duckhorn acquires Hopland winery Duckhorn Wine Co. in St. Helena acquired the Hopland winery that is the current location of Rack & Riddle Custom Crush Wine Services. Duckhorn bought the property from Entertainment Properties Trust and plans to use it to expand the production of its second brand, Decoy. of the board, and that Jeff Meier was promoted to president and will continue as COO overseeing winemaking at the company's facilities in San Jose, Paso Robles and the new winery in Greenfield. Founder Jerry Lohr will manage the firm's estate vineyards. Details: jlohr.com. Sparkling wine expert dies Sparkling wine production expert Raphaël Brisbois, director of winemaking at Rack & Riddle Custom Crush Wine Services in Hopland, died in August. Before joining Rack & Riddle, Brisbois oversaw wineTransition at J. Lohr Vineyards making operations on J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines in San Jose four continents, from announced that second-generation family Champagne Piper in member and co-owner Steve Lohr would Reims, France, to conAlainFouquet_Aug06 5/17/06 10:57 AM Page 1 Raphaël Brisbois assume the posts of CEO and chairman sulting at wineries in Foley acquires stake in distributor Krupp hires Buoncristiani as winemaker Bill Foley purchased a minority share in Epic Wines, which added several of the Foley Family Wines brands to its portfolio. Robert Prough announced the deal in a statement and said he will remain president and CEO of the distributor based in Capitola. The company now represents Sebastiani Vineyards, Langtry Estates, Guenoc, Lancaster Estate, Roth, Lincourt Winery, EOS Estate, Kuleto, Merus and Foley Johnson. Jay Buoncristiani is the new winemaker at Krupp Brothers Estates and Stagecoach Vineyards in Napa. Buoncristiani is also part owner and winemaker for Buoncristiani Family Winery, also based in Napa. Tasting Room Focus Analysis, Best Practices & Trends: A newsletter for managers of tasting rooms, wine clubs and DTC wine sales. A monthly email newsletter with the latest: • xpert advice about tasting E rooms, inside sales, wine clubs, leadership, online marketing and data metrics; • irect-to-consumer (DtC) and D wine flash sales analysis; • Featured tasting room suppliers. September features CONTENT PREVIEW Front Stage vs. Backstage Americans' Drinks of Choice September advertisers Left Coast Oils Wine Country Lifestyle Magazine Olde Tradition Spice Trailscape Inc. Distinctive Wine Frames Sign up today! Email trf@winesandvines.com Or visit winesandvines.com/TRF www.alainfouquet.com alainfouquet@aol.com Win es & Vin e s O C TO B ER 20 13 21