February 3rdVirginia Secretary of Agriculture Todd Haymore presented Jeanette Smith with the 2012 Grower of the Year award at the Vineyard Vineyards Association's Annual Technical Meeting and Trade Show at the Omni in Charlottesville.
January 31stKen Eastwell, a professor in the Washington State University Department of Plant Pathology based at WSU's Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, has been appointed director of the Clean Plant Center of the Northwest.
January 27thJarvis will be overseeing the organization's annual program of work to further enhance the positive image of the Finger Lakes wine industry.
January 26thPrior to joining Winery Exchange Philips served as the President of Diageo (formally Guinness UDV) responsible for global wine business and spent several years with Fosters
January 23rdMalone joins the firm with 8 years of transaction experience in the wine industry and will specialize in wine industry mergers and acquisitions.