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JULY NEWS in 1986. The Puglieses' four children will continue the winery as a family opera- tion with Peter Pugliese as winemaker and Lawrence Pugliese as vineyard manager. Details: pugliesevineyards.com. SUPPLIERS Wine storage facility expands Oregon Wine Ser- vices and Storage (OWS) of Mc- Minnville, Ore., is expanding its operations to Big Cork plants in Maryland Big Cork Vineyards recently planted 22 acres of 13 cultivars in Washington County, Md., utilizing state-of-the-art laser equip- ment from Benchmark Vineyard Plant- ing. Planting took place over six days and consisted of seven red cultivars: Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Nebbi- olo, Barbera and Syrah. Six white cultivars included Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, Mus- cat Orange, Muscat Canelli, Chardonnay and Vidal. The vineyard is expected to pro- duce 5,000 cases of wine annually. Details: facebook.com/bigcorkvineyards. include a new 62,000-square-foot fa- cility in Tualatin, which will handle up to 1 million cases of wine. OWS opened its original location in McMinnville in 2001. It has expanded steadily over the past decade, developing a menu of ser- vices including storage, shipping, distri- bution and transportation. It built an addition to its McMinnville facility in 2008 and is also partner with winemaker Laurent Montalieu in NW Wine Co., a custom-crush facility that's set to move from OWS's premises in McMinnville to its own purpose-built winery in Dundee. Details: oregonwineservices.com. Saxco names Midwest sales director Saxco International, providers of pack- ing products and services to the bever- age industries, announced that Larry Coomes has been promoted to director of Midwest sales for Saxco Internation- al LLC. Coomes will manage sales for the entire Midwest region and oversee the sales force in the Louisville, Ky., of- fice for the wine and spirits industries. Details: saxcointl.com. Laffort secures Salamone Laffort USA appointed Dr. Peter Salam- one its technical manager-North America. Drawing from his production experience with E&J Gallo Winery and Diageo Cha- teau & Estate Wines, as well as industry service experience with Gusmer Enter- prises and Valley Research, Salamone will provide technical support for Laffort's clients and sales and marketing team as well as support product development, ap- plication trials and educational seminars. Details: laffort.com. AlainFouquet_Jul06 5/17/06 11:01 AM Page 1 Constar emerges from bankruptcy With new CEO Grant Beard, along with a new ownership team, Constar Interna- tional LLC, a global producer of PET plas- tic containers for food and beverages, has completed its financial restructuring and successfully emerged from Chapter 11. Details: constar.net. www.alainfouquet.com alainfouquet@aol.com 22 Wines & Vines JULY 2011