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98 WINES&VINES May 2015
Mexican-American
Vintners Association
A dozen wineries from the Mexican-
American Vintners Association held
a spring tasting April 8 in the Fleet
Room at Fort Mason in San Francisco,
Calif. Founded in 2010, MAVA seeks
to support current and future Mexican-
American vintners as well as educate
others about the contributions of
Mexican-Americans to the wine industry.
KATE
LAVIN
Rafael Rios is president of the Mexican-
American Vintners Association.
Miriam
Puentes
Ramirez
named
Honrama
Cellars
in honor
of her
father,
Honorio
Ramirez-
Mata.
Trade and media were invited to a tasting
prior to the consumer event.
Jaime Orozco is the
director of sales
and marketing and
assistant general
manager at Mi
Sueño Winery.
Jenny Merrill and Lazaro "Larry" Robledo represented Robledo
Family Winery of Sonoma, Calif.
Lidia Maldonado
of Maldonado
Vineyards pours
Chardonnay
from Los Olivos
Vineyard.
Cruz Calderon poured three
wines from Napa, Calif.-
based Scalon Cellars.
