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  • Sonoma County Economic Development board releases data for nine cities

    March 14th, 2011

    SONOMA COUNTY — The Sonoma County Economic Development Board, in partnership with city councils and chambers of commerce, has released a new series of City Economic Reports for each of the nine incorporated areas in Sonoma County. Areas covered by the reports include employment, demographics, residential and commercial real estate, consumer spending, and education.

  • Wine: Cecchetti wine sales rise 39%; top North Coast pruners; what is an intern?

    March 14th, 2011

    Sonoma-based Cecchetti Wine Co. reported that it had its third year of volume sales growth. Roy Cecchetti’s goal of making lower-priced wines has resulted in 200,000 cases sold in 2010, a 39 percent increase from 2009. The winery is projecting sales of 250,000 cases total this year. … Winners from vineyard pruning contests in Mendocino, Sonoma and Napa counties. … A California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement opinion letter has added new wrinkles to the quandary over whether student interns have to be paid at least minimum wage as employees, according to Jennifer Phillips, an employment and real estate attorney with Dickenson Peatman & Fogarty in Santa Rosa. … Graton-based custom winemaker Sonoma Wine Co., which now produces more than 5 million cases of wine from six facilities in Sonoma and Napa counties, inked a deal with Sebastopol-based Winesecrets to provide services to Sonoma Wine’s 30 clients. … Golden State Overnight and FedEx expand direct-shipping services. … Bill Hambrecht teams with Paul and Heath Dolan and Phil Hurst in the H.D.D. wine group venture. … Dry Creek Vineyard entered a sales and marketing agreement with Sonoma-based V2 Wine Group, which will manage Dry Creek’s distribution nationwide.

  • Wine: Smaller decline in winegrape crop surprises some

    February 21st, 2011

    Some winegrape crop watchers were expecting 2010 North Coast tonnage to be 10 percent to 30 percent below the size of the big 2009 harvest because of late-season heat and rain damage.

  • The Wine Country Group merges with Better Homes and Gardens

    February 17th, 2011

    SONOMA and NAPA COUNTIES — Bay Area real estate industry veterans Ed Krafchow, Earl Shuttleworth and Gerrett Snedaker announced today the formation of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wine Country Group Realtors with nine offices and over 180 agents concentrated in northern California’s Wine Country.

  • Lion Nathan USA gets first California wine brand with MacRostie acquisition

    February 9th, 2011

    SONOMA — Lion Nathan USA acquired Sonoma-based MacRostie Winery and Vineyards on Feb. 7, giving the Larkspur-based importer its first California-based wine brand.

  • Banking & Finance: Circle CEO named to web domain panel; RCU chief on national board

    January 10th, 2011

    Kim Kaselionis, president and chief executive officer of Circle Bank in Novato, has been named one of eight members of an American Bankers Association. … AmericanAg Credit is going through due diligence regarding a proposed merger with Mountain Plains Farm Credit in Greeley, Colo. … American AgCredit has also announced the promotion of three long‐time employees: Bill Rodda, Jim Rizza and Clay Popko. … Bank of Marin Bancorp has signed a lease for a new branch office in downtown Sonoma. The new office at 136 W. Napa St. will open in late spring. With the new location, Bank of Marin will have five branch offices in Sonoma County with a total of 16 offices. … Brett Martinez, president and chief executive officer of Redwood Credit Union, has been elected to the board of directors of the Credit Union National Association, the national trade association for United States credit unions. … U.S. Trust has announced the addition of Jason Foster as senior vice president and private client consultant, based in Santa Rosa, in the west division, as part of a talent acquisition campaign designed to enhance the depth and breadth of its service capabilities for ultra-high-net-worth clientele throughout the nation. … Exchange Bank has announced that Lori Zaret was promoted to senior vice president, chief human resources officer. …

  • Speedway charity to donate $225k in 2010

    December 10th, 2010

    SONOMA – The board of trustees of the Infineon Raceway Chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities approved the distribution of $225,983 to 34 youth organizations in Sonoma County.

  • Sonoma Valley Hospital joins Prima Medical Foundation

    December 9th, 2010

    SONOMA — The Sonoma Valley Healthcare District Board of Directors voted to join the Prima Medical Foundation, a nonprofit that provides management services to physicians. The foundation was formed earlier this year by Marin General Hospital, Marin IPA and Prima Medical Group to help attract physicians and maintain hospital competitiveness.

  • Top Projects: Solar: Constellation Wines U.S. solar project

    December 6th, 2010

    CALIFORNIA — Constellation Wines U.S., one of the world’s largest wine companies and operator of several North Coast wineries, undertook one of the largest such projects for the wine industry this year.

  • People: Week of November 8

    November 8th, 2010

    People items submitted by North Bay businesses for publication in the Business Journal for November 8

  • Former Sonoma Valley Bank executive Sean Cutting joins Rabobank

    October 15th, 2010

    SONOMA — Sean Cutting, former president and chief executive officer of Sonoma Valley Bank, has joined Rabobank N.A. as senior relationship manager. Mr. Cutting will be responsible for business development and community outreach in the Sonoma Valley.

  • Sonoma Promo breaks ground on new space

    October 4th, 2010

    SONOMA – Long-time Sonoma company Sonoma Promotional Solutions is building a brand new space in the teeth of the economic downturn.

  • State approves $35 million bond financing for Sonoma Valley bio-energy project

    September 24th, 2010

    SONOMA — The California Municipal Finance Authority approved $35 million in low-interest bond financing for a planned multi-megawatt renewable-energy project next to the Sonoma Valley wastewater treatment plant in the industrial area south of Sonoma.

  • Sonoma Valley, Napa State hospitals reach acute care deal

    August 30th, 2010

    SONOMA and NAPA — Sonoma Valley Hospital and Napa State Hospital have agreed on terms of a contract that would provide acute care for patients from the state-run psychiatric care facility in Napa, boosting patient volume up by 5 percent to 10 percent at the 83-bed hospital in Sonoma.

  • Wine: Growers in a waiting game; recent sales data encouraging

    August 23rd, 2010

    Winegrape gowers already are concerned about late ripening fruit caused by the summer’s cool weather.

  • Health Care: Petaluma Health Center breaks ground on $15.5 million facility

    August 23rd, 2010

    The Petaluma Health Center last week broke ground on an expansion that will double its patient volume and significantly increase services offered at the federally qualified health center.

  • Sonoma Valley Bancorp agrees to Fed order

    August 9th, 2010

    SONOMA — Sonoma Valley Bancorp, parent company of Sonoma Valley Bank, has entered into agreements with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to shore up the institution’s balance sheet.

  • The homes are green even if paperwork isn’t

    August 9th, 2010

    NORTH BAY — Homebuilding in the North Bay has slowed to a trickle in the past few years, but a number of the custom homes are being built greener than even the newly increased state green-building standards.

  • New project profile: Ganau America cork facility, Sonoma

    August 2nd, 2010

    Ganau America is a subsidiary of family-owned Sugherificio Ganau S.p.A., Italy’s largest producer of cork wine bottle stoppers. In May 2008, Ganau America purchased 2.8 acres in Carneros Business Park in the Eighth Street East wine-related industrial cluster on the southern outskirts of Sonoma. At 40,000 square feet, the new facility is nearly double the size of Ganau America’s current location about a half-mile away and has four times the amount of laboratory space, according to Mariella Ganau, chief executive officer.

  • Sonoma Valley Bank reports positive quarter

    July 22nd, 2010

    SONOMA–Sonoma Valley Bancorp announced that its subsidiary, Sonoma Valley Bank, reported increased capital levels and positive net income results during the second quarter of 2010.

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