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NORTHWEST FEBRU AR Y NEWS gorden joins novelty Hill and Januik Dan Gorden has joined Novelty Hill and Januik wineries as northwest regional sales manag- er. This newly created position will be shared by the two inde- pendent wineries. Prior to joining Novelty Hill and Januik, Gorden was the western regional manager for Northwest Core Collection. Novelty Hill and Januik share a destination tasting room and production facility in Woodinville, Wash. Osaka roshima an Urban enoteca opens in seattle Sh owca sing wines from seven Washington state wineries, Urban Enoteca recently opened its tast- ing center and 20,000-square- foot event space in Seattle's SoDo district. The tasting center allows several Eastern Washington wineries to maintain perma- nent wine bars in Seattle. Featured wineries Sapporo Tokyo Nagoya chalet debonné founder passes away Tony J. Debevc Sr., founder of Chalet Debonné Vineyards in Madison, Ohio, passed away at his home. He was born in Cleveland in 1916 and leaves behind his wife of 67 years, Rose Marie, son Tony Jr., daughter Donniella Winchell (executive di- rector of the Ohio Wine Producers Associa- tion), many friends and a multi-generational family farm business. Visit: debonne.com. Jowler creek makes wine from sunshine To offset energy use, 2,500-case Jowler include: Five Star Cellars, Cave B Winery, Côte Bonneville, Fielding Hills Winery, Fidelitas, Kiona Vineyards & Winery and McCrea Cellars. Visit: urbanenoteca.com. CENTRAL Creek Winery, Platte City, Mo., installed a 5-kilowatt array of photovoltaic (PV) pan- els on the roof of its recently opened tasting room and wine production facility. Crom- well Environmental, Lawrence, Kan., com- pleted the installation. The PV solar system is grid-tied and capable of selling electricity back to the utility company when more power is be- ing produced than consumed. Visit: jowlercreek.com. EAST raffaldini celebrates 10 years Based in the Yad- kin Valley region of North Carolina, 3,500-case Raffal- dini Vineyards & Winery celebrated its 10th anniver- sary Jan. 21. Raf- faldini unveiled its first magnum of red wine, Tutto è Possibile (Anything is Pos- sible), produced with non-vintage variet- ies blended together to as an expression 24 Wines & Vines FeBRUARY 201 1