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June 2016 WINES&VINES 23 WINE INDUSTRY NEWS Sedition Wines with Josh Bartels, announced Bartels is now the winemaker of the two Sonoma County wineries. Bartels earned a bachelor of science degree at Purdue University and spent more than a decade at Kokomo Winery. New winemaking team at Chalone Michael Michaud is the new consulting winemaker and Gianni Abate is the new associate winemaker for Chalone Estate Vine- yard, which Foley Family Wines purchased earlier this year. Michaud was the winemaker at Chalone from 1979 to 1997 and worked with founder Dick Graff. Michaud also owns a vineyard in the small Chalone AVA. Gianni was most recently with Morgan Winery in Salinas, Calif., where he worked for more than a decade. Deerfield emerges from Chapter 11 Deerfield Ranch Winery in the Sonoma Valley suc- cessfully restructured its debt with Rabobank and left Chapter 11. The win- ery's plan for reorganization was approved by a U.S. bankruptcy court judge and included a restruc- tured and extended debt agreement with the bank as well as payment to the winery's other creditors. Deerfield sought bank- ruptcy protection from the court after experienc- ing substantial delays in completing a left turn lane off Highway 12 that was a condition of opening a new 23,000-square-foot wine cave and tasting room. The road construction took five years and substantially re- duced Deerfield's revenues. Since leaving Chapter 11, the winery has been seek- ing new partners, and its owners say they already have received multiple business offers, including a creamery partnership, for- eign investors and wineries looking for a public tasting room on Highway 12. New winemaker at Whitehall Lane Winery Jason Moulton is the new winemaker at Whitehall Lane Winery in St. Helena. Moulton has more than 10 years of winemaking experience at wineries in the Russian River Valley, Canada, New Zealand, Bordeaux and South Africa. He most recently was the winemaker at Brassfield Estate Winery in the High Valley AVA of Lake County, Calif. Whitehall Lane Winery and its 150 acres of estate vineyards are owned by the Leonardini family. Sonoma growers accept Fish Friendly Farming certification The Sonoma County Wine- growers will now accept Fish Friendly Farming (FFF) certification as part of the group's project to become the nation's first wine region that is 100% certified sus- tainable by 2019. According to a statement released by the group, the addition of Fish Friendly Farming is the result of 1.5 years of collaboration between the two organizations to adjust FFF's standards to meet the requirements of Sonoma County's sustainability pro- gram. FFF expanded its en- vironmental focus with new practices for addressing the social equity and business aspects of sustainability. In addition, the group now re- quires an annual audit. NORTHWEST Hazelfern Cellars opens tasting room Bryan and Laura Laing, owners of Hazelfern Cellars in Newberg, Ore., opened a new tasting room during Memorial Day weekend. Jason Moulton Bryan and Laura Laing Authorized distributor in USA T H E O B V I O U S C H O I C E FO R B E V E R AG E F E R M E N TAT I O N Make the best choice for your wine! Powered by Lesaffre, one of the world's largest yeast and yeast derivatives manufacturer, we offer you the highest quality standard of products for winemaking. Dry yeasts, fermentation aids and functional products: we deliver innovative solutions to give you the ability to create the wine you dream about. atpgroup