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24 WINES&VINES November 2017 WINE INDUSTRY NEWS path we set forth on when we founded the winery in 1992." Oregon Wine Experience raises $1 million The 2017 Oregon Wine Experience in Medford, Ore., raised more than $1 million for children's health care. The event featured 103 wineries representing 15 of Oregon's 17 AVAs and was made possible by the 327 volunteers who served 3,670 attendees (up 2,400 from 2016). Proceeds directly benefit the Children's Miracle Network and other health care programs sup- ported by Asante Foundation. CENTRAL Ohio wine impact worth $1.3 billion The grape and wine industry in Ohio has been growing at a rapid pace for the past four years. On Sept. 12, the Ohio Grape Indus- tries Committee announced that the economic impact of the state's grape and wine industry increased from $786 million in 2012 to $1.3 billion in 2016. According to the re- port, created by Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP, the number of wineries in Ohio grew from 109 in 2004 to 175 in 2012, and to 265 in 2016—a 51% increase over 2012. (Edi- tor's note: Wines Wines Analytics counts 205 Ohio wineries.) New enology specialist in Minnesota The University of Minnesota hired Drew Horton as enology specialist. Horton has been active in the wine industry for more than 25 years, having started as a wine salesman and later serving as a winemaker. Horton produced award-winning wine in Santa Barbara, Calif., before moving in 2010 to Minnesota, where he began working with cold-hardy hybrid grapes. Most recently, Horton was a field specialist for the Midwest Grape and Wine Industry Institute at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. St. Julian promotes winemaker to VP Nancie Oxley was promoted to vice president of St. Julian Wine Co. in Paw Paw, Mich. Oxley was formerly head winemaker and as- sistant winemaker for St. Julian. In her new role, Oxley will manage St. Julian's estate vineyard, represent the winery on a variety of advisory boards, and facilitate a redesign of the company's winemaking, distil- lation and brewing cellar. EAST Winners at Atlantic competition Narmada Winery in Amissville, Va., won the Best of Show award for its Rappahannock County Cabernet Franc, which also won the gold medal in its category at the 13th annual Atlantic Seaboard Wine Competition. Virginia wineries took more than half of the show's 73 gold medals. N.Y. grapegrowers vote down research order A proposed market order to raise funding for research to support the New York grape industry failed in a vote decided by not just the num- ber of votes but also how those votes represent the tonnage of grapes produced in the state. The purpose of the market order was to provide a grower-supported, grower-funded and grower-led funding stream for grape research in the state. A total of 336 ballots were received, with 59% of the votes in favor of the market order and 41% against. According to the criteria for passage, 51% of the votes in favor needed to represent 65% of the tons produced for the market order to pass, but votes represented just under 50% of total tonnage. SUPPLIER New VP, retirement at TricorBraun Wine bottle distributor TricorBraun WinePak in Fairfield, Calif., named David Jewell its new vice president David Jewell