Pacific NW M&A Advisor Metis Enters Calif., Names Lance Spears MD

Sonoma County Winegrowers and Sonoma County Vintners are considering a merger, a response to the tough times the wine industry is experiencing. Winegrowers CEO, Karissa Kruse, Karissa Kruse now focuses her attention on building national partnerships to promote Sonoma County wines. For example: San Francisco Giants, Taste of NFL and

Moon Distributors and Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) announced that they have entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) for Moon Distributors to acquire RNDC’s Arkansas operations. Terms weren't disclosed. Moon Distributors has served Arkansas since 1935 and is one of the state’s longest-standing beverage

Antica Terra, Amity, Ore., has acquired Willakia Vineyard, expanding its estate to 484 contiguous acres in the Eola-Amity Hills, establishing the largest single holding in the AVA. Terms weren't disclosed. “The point was not to make more wine today,” said winemaker Maggie Harrison. “It was to make