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A UGUS T NEWS CALIFORNIA Gallo acquires Edna valley vineyard The 70 million-case E. & J. Gallo Winery, Modesto, has agreed to purchase 300,000-case Edna Valley Vineyard from Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines and Paragon Vineyard Co., which have held Edna Valley Vineyard in a joint venture. Gallo will continue to partner with Para- gon as a source of grapes for Edna Valley Vineyard wines. Included in the purchase are the winery, the brand and 62 acres, of which 44 acres are planted to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The vineyard and winery are located just 5 miles from the Pacific Ocean in San Luis Obispo. Sapporo Nagoya Osaka shima n Stingerless wasps battle LBAM Trichogramma platneri, a stingerless pale yellow wasp no bigger than a grain of rice, is the California Department of Food and Agriculture's latest integrated pest manage- ment tool in the ongoing effort to control infestations of the light brown apple moth (LBAM). Crews will place small cards Tokyo with the wasp pupae on outdoor plants throughout infested neighborhoods. When adult Trichogramma emerge, they seek out LBAM egg masses and lay their own eggs inside the LBAM eggs, eventually killing the developing LBAM when the wasp lar- vae emerge. Visit: cdfa.ca.gov/lbam. Artesa appoints Lavine Codorníu Group has appointed Keith LaVine as presi- dent of 99,000-case Artesa Vineyards & Winery in Napa. LaVine brings 23 years of sales, mar- keting and winery management expe- rience to his role at Artesa, most recently serving as managing director of Sonoma- Cutrer Vineyards and Lynmar Estate Win- ery. Artesa is owned by the family-owned Codorníu Group based in Spain. AlainFouquet_Aug06 5/17/06 10:57 AM Page 1 Brown vetoes card check legislation Kim Ledbetter Bronson, chair of the Cali- fornia Association of Winegrape Grow- ers, commended Gov. Jerry Brown's veto of Senate Bill 104. Bronson stated that Brown's veto assures that agricultural em- ployees will continue to have the right to decide the question of union representa- tion without fear of harassment. DeLoach releases first Marin vintage DeLoach Vineyards, the 150,000-case Rus- sian River Valley producer of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Zinfandel, has released its first vintage of wines from Marin County. The four Marin wines, all 2009 vintage, include Stubbs Vineyard Pinot Noir, Stubbs Vineyard Chardonnay, Skyview Pinot Noir and Marin County Pinot Noir—a blend from county vineyards. Visit: deloachvineyards.com. NORTHWEST Woodinville Wine Country welcomes Mike Stevens Washington's Wood- inville Wine Country elected Mike Stevens, managing partner of Brian Carter Cellars, as president. Stevens was elected by the association board following the resigna- tion of Becky Snyder, co-owner of Hol- lywood Hill Vineyards. Stevens will fin- www.alainfouquet.com alainfouquet@aol.com Wines & Vines AUGUsT 2011 19