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MAY NEWS News Briefs CALIFORNIA dry creek hires new winemaker Tim Bell is the new winemaker at Dry Creek Vineyard. Bell first joined Dry Creek in 2011 after working at Kunde Family Es- tate winery in Kenwood. Bell is only the fifth winemaker in the winery's 40 years of business. Details: drycreekvineyard.com. banfi, Korbel negotiate sale of Kenwood Sonoma County sparkling wine producer Korbel Champagne Cellars is negotiating with Banfi Vintners for the sale of Ken- wood Vineyards. Korbel purchased Ken- wood in 1999 and has grown the brand Wines & Vines welcomes news items from wineries, vineyards and industry suppliers located in the wine regions of North America. Send us your latest news by e-mailing Andrew Adams at edit@winesandvines.com. Items may be edited for clarity and brevity. to more than 550,000 cases. Based in New York, Banfi Vintners is owned by the Mari- ani family that purchased the Pacific Rim Winery in Washington state in 2010. The sale is expected to be complete in June. new winemaker at Justin The Central Coast's Justin Vineyards & Winery announced the appointment of Scott Shirley as winemaker. In his new role, Shir- ley will oversee all winemaking, cellar, laboratory and bulk scott shirley AlainFouquet_Jul06 5/17/06 11:01 AM Page 1 inventory operations. Shirley's career has been focused on working with Bordeaux varieties with prior posts at Napa wineries The Hess Collection and Opus One. italian winemaker joins napa staff Sebastiano Rosa, winemaker with Tenuta San Guido, is now a consulting member of the winemaking team at Napa Valley's Castello di Amorosa. Rosa, who graduated from UC Davis in 1990, joins Brooks Paint- er, Peter Velleno and Laura Orozco at the winery, which specializes in Italian-style red wines. Details: castellodiamorosa.com. two new sales vPs at dfv DFV Wines promoted Chris Appel and Eric Zadina into the new positions of vice president for sales west and vice president for sales east. Appel joined DFV Wines in 2008 as regional sales manager for the north central division and was promoted to division sales manager in 2010. Previ- ously, Appel spent 21 years with Coca Cola Bottling. Zadina led the northeast sales team for DFV Wines, and he brings more than two decades of experience with major beverage companies including Fos- ters Wine Estates and Nestle Waters. De- tails: dfvwines.com. french camp hires vineyard manager Greg Phelan, former vineyard manager of Solomon Hills Vineyards in Santa Maria Valley, is now the vineyard manager for www.alainfouquet.com alainfouquet@aol.com Wines & Vines MAY 2012 27