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MARCH NEWS SUPPLIERS Cork Supply USA hires two Cork Supply USA has hired Peter Hladun as tech- nical services di- rector and Laura Gorton as an analytical chemist. Hladun is responsible for managing the company's laboratory operations, including all in- coming and outgoing quality control. Gor- ton will conduct incoming sampling, TCA screening and outgoing quality control for cork and oak products. Prior to joining Cork Supply USA, Hladun worked for E. & J. Gallo as a senior packaging quality engineer, and Gorton was the enologist for Trinchero Napa Valley. Details: corksup- ply.com. Promotions at Canopy Management Canopy Management, a Napa Valley wine branding, sales and marketing company, announced that Natalie Wassum has been promoted to vice president and partner for marketing, and Mary Ann Vangrin is now the vice president and partner for com- munications and social media. Wassum was part of the founding team at Canopy in 2008, and Vangrin worked for several Napa Valley wineries prior to joining Can- opy in 2009. New consultant at vivelys USA Vivelys USA's for- mer manager of global wine exper- imentation, Nils Teissier du Cros, is now the com- pany's winemaking consultant. Du Cros can consult at every stage of the winemaking process includ- ing picking decisions, fermentation man- agement, micro- or macro-oxygenation and Brettanomyces controls. Details: vivelysusa.com. Nils Teissier du Cros New hires, expansion at MA Silva Alison Zito Gossage, Audrey Pinto and Katherine Turner have joined the national sales team at MA Silva USA. The company also hired Terry Borges as account man- ager. MA Silva expanded glass operations with new warehouse space in Napa, Calif. Details: masilva.com. CORRECTIONS An advertisement in the 2012 Wines & Vines Directory/Buyer's Guide and January 2012 issue contained an error. The mailing address for Transition Equipment Co. is 444 Laguna Vista Road, Santa Rosa, Calif. 95401. A listing in Wines & Vines 2012 Direc- tory/Buyer's Guide misspelled Silicon Val- ley Bank, Wine Division. Wines & Vines regrets the error. Albertina Wine Cellars, Artevino Wines, Barra of Mendocino, Baxter Winery, Eliz- abeth Spencer Wines, Kendall-Jackson, Kimmel Vineyards, Londer Vineyards, Roederer Estate, Saracina-Atrea, Wil- liams Selyem and Windsor Vineyards are part of the Mendocino Winegrape and Wine Commission. These wineries were not included in commission advertise- ments published in the Wines & Vines 2012 Directory/Buyer's Guide, January and February editions. The Postmodern Winemaking column in the January 2012 issue of Wines & Vines con- tained an error. The smallest STARS unit pro- duced by Oenodia can process 400 gallons per hour and costs approximately $190,000. The original, BOTTLE-MATIC-II 3 YEAR WARRANTY INCLUDED Front and Back! 21 day trial MADE IN USA! $1800 for Wines & Vines Readers! Front & Back! Label any cylindrical container fast and accurately from ½" to 8" diameter, @ Speeds of 1200 Pcs. per hour. DISPENSA-MATIC 24 Wines & Vines MARCH 2012 NOT A CHEAP, IMPORTED KNOCK-OFF! Label Dispensers STOP Wasting Time Labeling by Hand! 28220 Playmor Beach Rd, Rocky Mount, MO 65072 Call Toll Free: 1 (800) 325-7303 or (573) 392-7684 Price subject to change without notice. 2/01/10 FAX:(573) 392-1757; E-mail: info@dispensamatic.com Web: http://www.bottle-labeler.com