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30 WINES&VINES January 2016 WINE INDUSTRY NEWS after 6 a.m., when tempera- tures were recorded at 8.6° F (-13° C). Winery president Bobby Gidda said overall quality was very good and had sweet characters, not- ing the Chardonnay grapes reached more than 40° Brix. Brooks joins WineAmerica board WineAmerica has ap- pointed Janie Brooks Heuck of Brooks Wines in Amity, Ore., to its board of directors representing Oregon. As the managing director of Brooks Winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley, Heuck oversees all aspects of production, marketing, administration and hospitality. Brooks is also the vice chair of mar- keting for the International Riesling Foundation and serves on the media com- mittee for the International Pinot Noir Celebration. Crimson opens tasting room Crimson Wine Group opened The Estates Wine Room on Dec. 11. Located in Seattle's Pioneer Square, the new tasting room features the wines of the Napa, Calif.-based company's Northwest wineries, which include Double Canyon and Archery Summit. The 1,800-square-foot space will serve tasting flights, wines by the glass, bottles and food. CENTRAL Teaching winery opens tasting room The Southwest Wine Center of Yavapai College in Clark- dale, Ariz., opened a tasting room in November to sell wine produced at the teach- ing winery. Price points for the student-produced wines will average $23 per bottle. Varietals include Viognier, Grenache, Syrah, Merlot and Petite Sirah. The col- lege has 11.5 acres planted to vines, and the winery is licensed for 3,000 cases. Texas to host wine tourism conference Organizers of the 2016 Wine Tourism Conference have named Fredericksburg and the Texas Hill Country as the destination of the an- nual conference, which will take place Nov. 8-10, 2016. The conference features seminars and discussions intended to provide partici- pants with solid business information about how to grow and improve their wine tourism offerings. EAST Nova Scotia pledges money for vineyards The government of Nova Scotia committed $1 mil- lion (Canadian) to double grapegrowing in the prov- ince. Existing growers with a minimum of 5 acres of grapes planted will be able to apply for up to $6,550 for each additional acre planted, according to a statement released by the Nova Scotia Depart- ment of Agriculture. The government is investing in the local wine and grape industry to spur further development and reach a goal of 1,000 vineyard acres by 2020. The prov- ince is currently home to 18 wineries, according to Wines Vines Analytics, and 632 acres of vines. Pennsylvania wine sales hit $885 million Wine sales in Pennsylvania totaled slightly more than $885 million during the past year, according to the annual report by the Penn- sylvania Liquor Control Board. Total sales includ- ing liquor reached $2.2 bil- lion. Barefoot was No. 1 on the list of the state's top 100 alcoholic beverage brands after recording 4.3 million in unit sales during the past year. Sutter Home was No. 3 on the list with $3.4 million in sales. Domestic wine accounted Southwest Wine Center of Yavapai College Janie Brooks Heuck