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24 WINES&VINES July 2017 WINE INDUSTRY NEWS ley, where she managed opera- tions for Favia Wines and most recently split her time between Alpha Omega Winery and JH Collection as portfolio manager and executive assistant. Dry Creek patents cork info. Dry Creek Vineyard in Healds- burg announced it had secured a patent for its design of printing sustainable sourcing informa- tion on its corks. Each cork is laser printed with ornamental designs and information about the source of the cork material, including age of the cork forest, harvest date of the trees and the habitat the trees provide. The winery unveiled the new corks with the release of its 2013 Old Vine Zinfandel. NORTHWEST Patton Valley earns B Corp Certification Patton Valley Vineyard winery in Gaston, Ore., earned B Corpora- tion certification. The winery is now the fourth Oregon winery to earn the certification, which requires high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. The company produces 5,000 cases per year from a 30-acre Pinot Noir vineyard that earned Low Input Viticulture & Enology (LIVE) certification in 2004 and sustainable certification for the winery in 2014. Derek Einberger, co-owner of Patton Valley as well as its winemaker and vineyard manager, called the certification "one of my proudest moments." Washington funding for research Washington's wine industry selected 18 viticulture and enol- ogy projects for the $1 million in available funding. Chosen by the Washington State Wine Com- mission's wine research advisory committee, the projects represent a range of topics from water management to wine quality and tannin management to mechani- zation. Boosted by $278,000 from the annual Auction of Washington Wines, project funding was up 20% from the previous year, when $869,500 was allocated. The funding still falls short of the $3.3 million goal set in 2009. Oregon winery donates 100 cases for charity Chehalem Winery in Newberg, Ore., donated 100 cases of wine it said were worth up to $40,000 for local charities to use in their own fundraising efforts such as auctions. The winery launched what it's calling the "Making a Case for Giving" campaign as a way to celebrate Oregon Wine Month. Founder and co-owner Harry Peterson-Nedry invited nonprofit groups in the state of Oregon or the Vancouver, Wash., area to apply for wine through the winery's website. CENTRAL Owner pledges to reopen after explosion Andy Troutman, owner of the Winery at Wolf Creek in Norton, Ohio, is determined to reopen the winery after a still explosion caused a fire that destroyed much of the distillery, event space, storage space and many barrels of brandy. No one was injured in the explosion and fire that struck early in the morning of May 30. Troutman, whose fam- ily has owned the winery since 2003, told local media that winery business will continue as normal despite the explosion and fire. Grower and winery honored in Ohio The Ohio Department of Agri- culture named Pamela Ledyard, owner of Stoney Ridge Winery, the Grape Grower of the Year and Andrew Codispoti of Gervasi Vineyard the Winemaker of the Year in a ceremony held in May. Ledyard opened Stoney Ridge NOW AVAILABLE Powered by BREWEROMS A unique online system to locate, contact and sell to U.S. beer producers. The Wines & Vines Brewer Online Marketing System (BOMS) is a web-based system that allows you to search more than 4,300 North American breweries by specific criteria, and export data into custom reports. ORDER TODAY! winesandvines.com/boms