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Winebow promotes Michael Manzo to executive vp & chief financial officer. He has been senior vp-finance & strategy.

Winebow said Aileen Sevier has joined the company as Director of Marketing for its Upper Left Campaign. The program is intended to bring sales and recognition to Washington and Oregon wines and to signal Winebow's commitment to the region. Most recently she served as VP-Strategy and Marketing at Early Mountain Vineyards in Virginia.

Wine Market Council appoints Liz Thach, MW, Ph.D., president, effective Aug. 1, succeeding Dale  Stratton.  Thach is a well-known wine writer, business consultant and distinguished professor of wine and management at Sonoma State University and Texas A&M.