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OCT OBER NEWS News Briefs CALIFORNIA Gallo purchases Courtside Cellars E. & J. Gallo Winery purchased Courtside Cellars in San Miguel, adding 34 acres of land and a 60,000-ton winery to its expanding Central Coast portfolio. Terms of the purchase were not made public. Courtside Cellars' 7,000- ton custom-crush winery in San Luis Obispo was not part of the sale and will be renamed Phase 2 Cellars. Link new president at Robert Young Jessica Link is the new president of Robert Young Estate Winery in Geyserville. Link had been controller at Robert Young since 2007. 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 edit@winesandvines.com. Items may be edited for clarity and brevity. Silver Oak buys Sausal The owners of Silver Oak and Twomey Cellars purchased Sausal Vineyard and Winery in the Alexander Valley for an undisclosed price. Fort Ross Vineyard Peterson rejoins Napa Vintners Becky Peterson has rejoined the Napa Valley Vintners group to serve as member and community relations director. Peterson worked for the vintners group from 1997 to 2005. Rex Stults is transitioning to the group's new government relations director. Fort Ross opens tasting room Fort Ross Vineyard opened the first public tasting room in the Fort Ross-Seaview American Viticultural Area. The tasting room near Jenner will feature nine estate wines. Christopher Creek names new winemaker Mike Brunson is the new winemaker at Christopher Creek Winery in the Russian River Valley. Brunson was the winemaker and vineyard manager at Michel-Schlumberger for 16 years. Tasting Room Focus Analysis, Best Practices & Trends: A newsletter for managers of tasting rooms, wine clubs and DTC wine sales. A monthly email newsletter with the latest: • Expert advice about tasting rooms, inside sales, wine clubs, leadership, online marketing and data metrics; • Direct-to-consumer (DtC) and wine flash sales analysis; • Featured tasting room suppliers. October features How to Justify More Tasting Room Labor Hours Oregon Tasting Rooms Among the Best October advertisers Fleetwood-Fibre Wine Appreciation Guild Sign up today! Email trf@winesandvines.com Or visit winesandvines.com/TRF www.alainfouquet.com alainfouquet@aol.com CONTENT PREVIEW New director for ASEV Leticia Chacon-Rodriguez from Treasury Wine Estates is the new board president of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture. James Kennedy of California State University, Fresno, is the new first vice president, and Lise Asimont of Francis Ford Coppola Winery is the new second vice president. Details: asev.org. AlainFouquet_Aug06 5/17/06 10:57 AM Page 1 Treasury fills top Beringer role John Grant is the new managing director for the Beringer Brand Business unit of Treasury Wine Estates. Grant will oversee the Beringer brand as well as Chateau St. Jean, Etude, Stags' Leap and Be. wines. WINES & VINES OCTOBER 2012 19