North Bay Business Journal

Zin group establishes $500,000 scholarship endowment for SSU wine program

ROHNERT PARK — Rough & Ready-based Zinfandel Advocates & Producers in Nevada County has established a $500,000 scholarship endowment for the Sonoma State University Wine Business Institute’s MBA program to honor the zinfandel organization founder Donn Reisen.

“By providing a worthy and needy student with funds to pursue an MBA degree from the SSU Wine Business Institute, the Donn P. Reisen Scholarship seeks to memorialize the contributions Donn made to the advancement of the California wine industry and to the enhancement of people’s understanding and appreciation for fine wine the world over,” said Julie Ann Kodmur, spokeswoman for Zinfandel Advocates & Producers.