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JULY NEWS News Briefs CALIFORNIA Wilsons purchase Blackstone winery Ken and Diane Wilson purchased the Blackstone Winery in Kenwood. The Wilsons' firm, Stone- cushion Inc., bought the winery from Constella- tion Brands for an undisclosed price. Con- stellation retains the brand. Sapporo Swanson Winery approved Napa County officials approved plans for a new 100,000-gallon winery in Napa Val- ley. W. Clark Swanson Jr. plans to build the 43,600-square-foot winery on a 73-acre property located near the intersection of Oakville Cross and Money roads. Nagoya Osaka shima n Vineyard in Calistoga. Most recently, Biagi oversaw winemaking at Plumpjack and Cade wineries. Details: hourglasswines.com. 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 emailing Andrew Adams at edit@winesandvines.com. Items may be edited for clarity and brevity. Lodi commission names executive director A California wine industry veteran, Camron King, is the new executive direc- tor of the Lodi Woodbridge Winegrape Commission. King worked as a former vice president of state government rela- tions at the California Association of Winegrape Growers for eight years. De- tails: lodiwine.com. AlainFouquet_Jul06 5/17/06 11:01 AM Page 1 Tokyo Biagi new winemaker at Hourglass Anthony "Tony" Biagi is the new winemaker for The Hourglass Wine Co. Biagi will be making wines from the com- pany's two estate vineyards: Hour- glass Estate in St. Helena and Blueline Tony Biagi Gonzalez founding winemaker at Mira Gustavo Gonza- lez is the founding winemaker at Mira Winery in Napa Valley. He brings more than 15 years of wine-production experience in the United States, Burgundy, Argentina, Brazil, Italy and Spain. Details: miranapa.com. Gustavo Gonzalez NORTHWEST Wahluke hires winemaker Wahluke Wine Co. based in Mattawa, Wash., hired Jeremy Santo as winemaker. Santo will be respon- sible for day-to-day management of the winery. Prior to joining Wahluke, Santo worked as assistant wine- maker at Canoe Ridge Winery. www.alainfouquet.com alainfouquet@aol.com Wines & Vines JULY 2012 19