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JULY NEWS EAST New partner at Three Brothers Erica Paolicelli is now a partner of Three Brothers Win- eries and Estates in Geneva, N.Y. Paoli- celli has been with the company since it opened in 2007 and became general manager in 2008. Details: 3brotherswinery.com. SUPPLIERS WineDirect acquires vin65 WineDirect, a direct-to-consum- er, compliance and fulfillment com- pany, has acquired winery website designer and e-sales consultant Vin65. An- drew Kamphuis, founder of Vin65, will join the WineDirect management team but said the deal should have little effect on Vin65's current clients or its other fulfillment sup- pliers. WineDirect has been using Vin65's e- commerce platform for all of its clients since 2010. Details: winedirect.com, vin65.com. Meyers open Maine winery Eric and Susan Meyer opened Catherine Hill Winery in Cherryfield, Maine. The cou- ple makes white and red wines from Wash- ington, California and New York grapes as well as a sweet red made from Maine blue- berries. Details: cathillwinery.com. TricorBraun unveils QA program TricorBraun WinePak launched a qual- ity assurance program and named Greg Creamer as director. Before joining Tricor- Braun WinePak, Creamer had been an operations manager for Don Sebastiani & Sons and Rutherford Ranch wineries in ad- dition to working as an independent wine industry consultant. Details: winepak. tricorbraun.com. Chandler marketing for SWE Mark Chandler of Chandler & Co. is the Society of Wine Educators' new marketing manager on a consulting contract. Chandler has been a member of the group since 1982 and was elected to the board and served as president from 1999 through 2001. Ehren to lead Key Technology Key Technology an- nounced that John "Jack" Ehren would succeed David Camp as president and chief executive offi- cer. Ehren has been with Key Technol- ogy since 2008, when he joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Details: key.net. Jack Ehren New sales rep for Scott Labs Scott Laboratories Inc. added Ashlie Helm to its outside sales team. Helm will be cov- ering the Central Valley and Sierra Foothill areas of California. Before joining Scott Laboratories, Helm worked as enologist at Ferrari-Carano Vineyards & Winery. De- tails: scottlabs.com. 22 Wines & Vines JULY 2012