North Bay Business Journal

  • Ascentia sells Gary Farrell brand to Vincraft, Buena Vista to Boisset

    April 28th, 2011

    GEYSERVILLE — Ascentia Wine Estates, which formed in June 2008 with the acquisition of eight Sonoma County and Pacific Northwest wine brands, today announced it sold two Sonoma County brands, with Gary Farrell Winery in Russian River Valley going to The Vincraft Group of Sonoma and the recently relocated Buena Vista Carneros brand going to St. Helena-based Boisset Family Estates.

  • Wine Industry Conference 2011: Questions for the M&A panel

    April 11th, 2011

    There is a “huge wave” of wine-related mergers and acquisitions coming, according to one lender to the industry. It’s in this environment that the Business Journal asked several significant and diverse players in California wine mergers and acquisitions market about their strategies for building portfolios. They will be part of the Mergers and Acquisitions discussion panel at the Business Journal’s Wine Industry Conference 2011 on April 28.

  • Wine conference presenters will focus on building value

    April 19th, 2010

    NORTH BAY — What’s it worth to you? It’s a vital question vintners need to ask themselves, regardless of whether they are looking to sell a luxury-tier wine to consumers more conscious of spending on such luxuries or to court an investor in all or part of the business, according to experts set to speak at a wine business conference this week in Santa Rosa.

  • 2009 year of economy, energy

    January 4th, 2010

    It was a year dominated by a struggling economy that touched virtually everyone.

  • Kosta Browne first, but not last

    September 21st, 2009

    SONOMA – The acquisition of Kosta Browne Winery is just the beginning of a wine portfolio for The Vincraft Group, a recently formed team of experienced industry executives and private-equity investors.

  • Ex-Beringer executives, TPG form winery investment group

    May 25th, 2009

    SONOMA – Walt Klenz and Pete Scott, former top executives with the Beringer wine group, have teamed up with private-equity funder Bill Price, whose firm was the previous owner of the group, to assemble a portfolio of “boutique” California brands.

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