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NO VEMBER NEWS Vintners make Asia trade visit A delegation of more than 40 California vintners visited major cities in Asia during October. The tour, organized by the Wine Institute, made stops in Tokyo, Seoul, Tai- pei, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China. The group represented a dozen California wine regions and show- cased more than 110 brands at consumer, media and trade events. Details: discover- californiawines.com. Opus One names international sales leader Laurent Delassus is the new vice president of inter- national sales and marketing for Opus One winery and will work out of the company's new office in Bordeaux, France. Delassus is ment for the Stellar Restaurant Group in Boston and the Union Square Hospitality Group in New York. Laurent Delassus the former managing director for exports for the Bordeaux negociant Veyret-Latour. Details: opusonewinery.com. Parallel adds business manager Parallel Napa Valley winery hired Lindsay Faith Weinhold as manager of business de- velopment. Weinhold is the former direc- tor of hospitality and marketing for Von Strasser Winery. Pali Wine Co. opens tasting room Pali Wine Co., a producer of vineyard-des- ignate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Oregon and California, opened a new tast- ing room in Santa Barbara. The new tast- ing room is part of the city's Urban Wine Trail, which features 17 other wineries. Details: paliwineco.com. Gary Farrell makes two hires Stephanie Friedman is the new direct- sales manager and Andy Barker is the new tasting room manager for Gary Far- rell Winery in the Russian River Valley. Friedman is the former director of sales and hospitality for Quivira Vineyards & Winery, and Barker worked in manage- Adler Fels names new marketing manager Debra Morris is the new marketing and public relations manager at Adler Fels Winery in Santa Rosa. Prior to joining Adler Fels, Morris was the beverage chan- nel marketing manager for Longview Pa- per Co. Details: adlerfels.com. Many Of The World's Finest Wines Are Made In Concrete concretewinetanks.com (888) 807-4575 Hanzell hires sales and marketing manager Christopher Huber is the new director of private client sales and marketing for Han- zell Vineyards in Sonoma. Huber is the for- mer manager of direct-to-consumer sales at Cakebread Cellars in Napa Valley. Mather joins Thornhill Cos. Richard Mather is the new business manager of Central Coast Wine Servic- es and Paso Robles Wine Services, two custom-crush win- eries owned and operated by Thorn- hill Cos. Richard Mather Look for Concrete Wine Tanks at the Wine Expo, 12/5 in Santa Rosa. We'll be easy to spot! 22 WINES & VINES NOVEMBER 2012