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J ANU AR Y NEWS & Vines that the sale of the 10,000-case Healdsburg, Calif., winery included the winery's 85 acres of vineyards. Schlumberger said the decision to sell the winery had not been easy, but he was happy the buyer was Steve Adams of the Adams Wine Group. "I know he will really make the investment to take the vineyards and the facility and the wines to a new level," he said. "I'm very happy and quite excited. I love the land, I think it's the fin- est vineyard in Sonoma County." Schlumberger, who will stay on as a consultant for an indefinite amount of time, said he understands the new own- er will retain most of the current staff at the winery. He declined to disclose the final purchase price. He said he'll Healdsburg Estate Winery Sold S Schlumberger will stay on as consultant after selling to Adams Wine Group an Rafael, Calif.—The Adams Wine Group acquired the Michel- Schlumberger winery and estate. Jacques Schlumberger told Wines continue to grow grapes on his own personal property and is considering his own label. The Adams Wine Group owns three win- winesandvines.com Learn more: Search keyword "Schlumberger." eries, the largest of which is Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Adler Fels Winery, which pro- duces more than 500,000 cases of wine under a variety of labels. The company also owns Royal Oaks Winery, a 5,000- case winery in Solvang, Calif., as well as White Cottage Ranch, which produces 3,000 cases in Angwin, Calif., according to WinesVinesDATA. Jean-Jacques Michel founded the origi- The Michel-Schlumberger estate winery produces 10,000 cases per year. nal Domaine Michel in Healdsburg's Dry Creek Valley in 1979. Jacques Schlum- berger joined the winery as a minority partner in 1991 before becoming the gen- eral partner and taking control in 1993. —Andrew Adams Ortman Family Wines closes P QSEE US AT UNIFIED, BOOTH #1234 22 Wines & Vines JAnUARY 2012 EVQ_AF tr.indd 1 02/12/11 12:09 aso Robles, Calif.—Ortman Family Wines, one of the more notable names of the Central Coast wine industry, announced in late November that it would close before January. Matt and Lisa Ortman posted a statement on their website explaining they could no longer meet the winery's debt obligations. Matt Ortman, winemaker and general manager, told Wines & Vines that his family had been unable to secure a new infusion of capital. "We had sort of extended ourselves for growth right when things started to slow down and it got hyper-competitive," he said. Ortman Family Wines produced about 6,000 cases of wine per year in custom-crush facilities, according to WineVinesDATA. —Andrew Adams