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  • Bulk-wine inventory hits 12-year low

    January 19th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The tightest inventory of top varieties of wine available for purchase in bulk in a dozen years and a dwindling supply of those winegrapes could extend the rise in pricing for those fine-wine components into this year, but wineries are hard-pressed to pass those cost increases to consumers who are continuing to look for discounts, according to experts at a major local wine industry seminar this morning.

  • Schaffner to leave Sonoma County Alliance

    January 19th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Lisa Wittke Schaffner plans to step down after seven years as top executive of the Sonoma County Alliance, a 380-member political action group.

  • Horizon to add San Diego flights; Vegas out

    January 18th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Seattle-based Alaska Airlines announced today that it is adding daily nonstop service from San Diego to Santa Rosa, but will discontinue service between Santa Rosa and Las Vegas to support the new route. The decision to halt service to Las Vegas came from Alaska Airlines, and the Sonoma County Airport will seek other potential carriers to replace the route, according to an airport spokeswoman.

  • Wine executive MBA coming to Napa Valley

    January 17th, 2012

    ST. HELENA — Sonoma State University’s master of business administration degree program targeted at wine industry executives is coming to Napa Valley this spring under a partnership with a large local trade association announced today.

  • Craig Nelson named CEO of Nelson Family of Companies

    January 13th, 2012

    SONOMA — Craig Nelson will become chief executive officer of Sonoma-based The Nelson Family of Companies as a result of its recent sale of the WorkForceLogic division to Orlando-based ZeroChaos.

  • Nelson sells majority stake in WorkforceLogic

    January 12th, 2012

    SONOMA — The Nelson Family of Companies today announced the sale of a “majority and controlling interest” in its WorkforceLogic division to Orlando-based ZeroChaos, a workorce solutions company, along with its financial partner Snow Phipps.

  • Supervisors OK $84 million airport upgrade

    January 10th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an $84 million upgrade to Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport that will enhance safety, add a new passenger terminal, provide longer runways and allow mid-sized commercial jets to land at the airport.

  • SMART board approves first construction contract

    January 9th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Construction of a commuter rail line between Sonoma and Marin Counties could begin as soon as tomorrow after the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit board of directors today voted unanimously to approve a $103 million design-build contract with the joint venture of Alameda-based Stacy and Witbeck Inc. and Herzog Contracting Corp.

  • BioMarin to move ‘several hundred’ to San Rafael

    January 6th, 2012

    SAN RAFAEL — Novato-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) today said it plans to relocate several hundred employees from its Bel Marin Keys headquarters plant to downtown San Rafael by the end of this year.

  • American AgCredit grows to sixth in nation after merger

    January 5th, 2012

    American AgCredit, the farm lending giant headquartered in Santa Rosa, has merged with Colorado-based Farm Credit Services of the Mountain Plains.

  • Sonoma County airport traffic up 9.8%

    January 5th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Passenger volume at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport was up by 1.2 percent in December compared to last year, while 2011 ridership overall increased nearly 10 percent from the year before, according to airport figures released today.

  • SMART announces contract winners for Phase I

    January 5th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit officials today announced the winners of the construction contract for the commuter rail line’s first phase. The work will include two stations not previously part of the initial phase.

  • Cotati company acquires International Wine Accessories

    January 4th, 2012

    SANTA ROSA [updated 6:06 p.m.] — Cotati-based Sonoma Wine Accessories today announced it acquired the assets of International Wine Accessories, a catalog and online seller of glasses, chillers, bottle racks and other items, and part of the Santa Rosa-based Vintage Wine Estates portfolio.

  • TricorBraun acquires Trilogy Glass

    January 3rd, 2012

    SANTA ROSA — As the TricorBraun WinePak division relocates early this month to a much larger, automated warehouse in Solano County, its St. Louis-based parent company today said it acquired wine container competitor Trilogy Glass and Packaging, Inc. of Santa Rosa.

  • Danish investors buy Donum winery

    December 27th, 2011

    SONOMA — Racke Group, a German wine and spirits group that at one time owned the Haywood and Buena Vista brands, today announced the sale of The Donum Estate, a luxury-tier boutique pinot noir producer on the Sonoma County side of the Carneros appellation, to a partnership of Danish investors.

  • NYT agreement to sell Journal, PD, Argus-Courier announced

    December 27th, 2011

    SONOMA COUNTY — The New York Times Company today announced an agreement to sell the North Bay Business Journal, Press Democrat and 14 other newspapers in its Regional Media Group to Florida-based Halifax Media Holdings LLC for $143 million in cash.

  • Novato tea company owner buys River Road Vineyards

    December 22nd, 2011

    RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY [updated Jan. 3, 2012] — Ron Rubin, owner of Novato-based The Republic of Tea, has added ultrapremium wine to his premium beverage holdings with the acquisition of River Road Vineyards & Winery near the west Sonoma County community of Forestville.

  • Amy’s Kitchen to revamp local operations as East Coast plant delayed

    December 20th, 2011

    PETALUMA [updated Dec. 21] — Amy’s Kitchen, maker of prepared natural and organic foods, plans to reconfigure its Santa Rosa and Oregon operations as the planned opening of a $63 million East Coast production facility has been pushed back “a few years.”

  • SMART sells $191 million in bonds to fund construction

    December 20th, 2011

    SAN RAFAEL — updated at 3 p.m. — Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit today announced the sale of $191 million in multimodal rate bonds to fund construction of a train linking Marin and Sonoma counties. The proceeds of the bonds will be put in an escrow account while the group RepealSMART works to collect signatures to repeal Measure Q, which put in place voter-approved sales tax to pay for the commuter line.

  • Palm Drive affiliates with Marin General

    December 19th, 2011

    SEBASTOPOL — The Palm Drive Healthcare District on Monday night unanimously approved an affiliation agreement with Marin General Hospital, a move that district officials hope will help Palm Drive Hospital achieve long-term financial stability.

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