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California wine producers are looking for ways to conserve water in light of the state's historic drought, and Terlato Wine Group is no exception.

Later in the day, Doug Fletcher the vice president of winemaking for the Terlato Wine Group, presented wines from his own trial evaluating different screwcaps.

Terlato Wine Group appointed Donald Schoen to the newly created position of chief information officer.

Doug Fletcher, who supervises winemaking for Terlato Wine Group, which includes Chimney Rock and Rutherford 1-Ii11 in Napa Valley, Sanford in Santa Barbara and Alderbrook in Sonoma County, worked with press manufacturer Diemme to do this.

"He taught me to challenge long-held beliefs, yet trust what I'd learned about the scientific method," says Fletcher, VP of winemaking for the Terlato Wine Group. Like Ray, Fletcher dared to contest an Old World myth--that extraordinary wines share a common soil type--with imaginative and painstaking fieldwork.

To introduce Episode, a Bordeaux-styled blend from Napa, the Terlato Wine Group turned to Wine Country Cases.

Terlato is chairman of Terlato Wine Group. TWG holdings include Paterno Wines International; Rutherford Hill Winery, Napa Valley; Chimney Rock Winery, Napa Valley; Alderbrook Winery, Sonoma County and Sanford Winery, Santa Barbara County.

"If you are selling at $4.99 or $5.99, the brands are virtually interchangeable." Paterno, part of The Terlato Wine Group, imports brands from all over the world, including such high profile Italian lines as Barone Ricasoli, Gaja, Lungarotti and Santa Margherita.

The Chicago-based Terlato Wine Group has taken full ownership of the Stags Leap District winery Chimney Rock.

Rutherford Hill was the family's first winery acquisition, and therefore holds great importance for Terlato Wine Group CEO/chairman Tony Terlato.

The Terlato Wine Group (TWG) of Lake Bluff, Ill., has left the distribution business to concentrate on international wine marketing and production.

In June, Terlato Wine Group (TWG] acquired a majority interest in Alderbrook Vineyards and Winery of Healdsburg, Calif.