MARCH NEWS News Briefs CALIFORNIA
Funds for marketing Sonoma County Vint- ners won a $300,000 grant from the U.S. De- partment of Agriculture to promote Sonoma County wines and win- eries. The grant money
will be used to complete Sonoma County's brand identity work and support a region- al and national marketing campaign.
Atalon names winemaker Brian Kosi has been appointed winemaker at Atalon Winery in Calistoga. Kosi worked at several other Napa wineries, including Opus One and PlumpJack Winery, before joining Atalon. Details: atalon.com.
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winery based in Calistoga. Most recently, Clark was the winery administration man- ager at Larkmead Vineyards in Calistoga. Details: kellyflemingwines.com.
Cecchetti posts double-digit growth Sonoma-based Cecchetti Wine Co. reported a 31% increase in sales with 268,000 cases sold in 2011. Cecchetti produces the Redtree, Line 39 (left) and Backhouse labels. Line 39's sales increased 37% with 85,000 cases, and Redtree grew by 11%, with 152,000 cases sold. Backhouse, Cec- chetti's newest brand, sold 31,000 cases in 2011. Details: cecchettiwineco.com.
kelly Fleming Wines hires manager
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Ryan Clark has joined Kelly Fleming Wines as manager. Clark will oversee wine sales, marketing and daily operations for the
New GM at BR Cohn Anthony DiCarlo has been named general manager for B.R. Cohn Winery in Glen Ellen. Before joining B.R. Cohn, DiCarlo spent eight years with Viansa Winery and Marketplace as the director of retail operations. Details: brcohn.com.
Anthony DiCarlo
Hall hires assistant winemaker Alison Frichtl has been promoted to the position of assistant winemaker for HALL Wines. Frichtl had previously been work- ing as the HALL Wines enologist. Details: hallwines.com.
Promotion and new hire at Shannon Ridge Chris Baker is now the senior vice president for sales and marketing at Shannon Ridge Winery, which also announced the hiring of Brenda Bullington as vice president of sales
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