Chalone Wine Group Announces Two New Board Members.Business Editors/Food and Wine Writers NAPA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2003 Shareholders of The Chalone chalone /chal·one/ (kal´on) a group of tissue-specific water-soluble substances that are produced within a tissue and that inhibit mitosis of cells of that tissue and whose action is reversible. Wine Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHLN) approved the addition of John Diefenbach and Marcel Gani to the Board of Directors during the company's annual meeting on May 29, 2003. In 2001 Diefenbach co-founded TrueBrand, an international brand consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . Before starting TrueBrand, Diefenbach was a partner of Wolff Olins Wolff Olins is a brand consultancy founded in 1965. Part of the Omnicom Group, it has offices in London and New York. Wolff Olins is known for high-profile branding of, among others, Apple Records, First Direct, Orange, Unilever, Tate, London 2012, ( , a United Kingdom-based global branding agency. He also co-founded and was Chief Executive Officer of Diefenbach Elkins (now FutureBrand). Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer and the major shareholder of Landor Associates Landor Associates is a San Francisco-based brand and creative design consultancy. Founded by Walter Landor in 1941, Landor pioneered many of the research, design and consulting methodologies that are now standard in the branding industry. , a worldwide brand franchise. Gani joined Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) is an information technology company based in Sunnyvale, California and founded in 1996. The company designs and sells Internet Protocol network products and services. in 1997 as Chief Financial Officer and was also responsible for information systems and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . Prior to that, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NVIDIA Corporation, Grand Junction Networks and Primary Access Corporation. Gani also worked in the finance groups of Intel Corporation for 12 years. He holds an M.B.A from the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . Chalone Wine Group Chairman of the Board Christophe Salin commented, "John and Marcel bring a wealth of experience to our board. John's expertise in global branding issues and Marcel's extensive experience in corporate finance and information technology are valuable assets as we strategically grow the company." Chalone Wine Group, Ltd. is a Napa-based company specializing in premium red and white varietal wines. In California, the Company owns and operates Acacia(R) Vineyard in the Carneros District of Napa County, and Provenance(TM) Vineyards, Hewitt(TM) Vineyard and Jade Mountain(R) in Napa County; Chalone Vineyard(R) in Monterey County; and Moon Mountain(R) Vineyard and Dynamite(TM) Vineyards in Sonoma County. In conjunction with its 50 percent joint-venture partner, Paragon Vineyard Co., the Company also owns and operates Edna Valley Vineyard(R) in San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. County. Additionally, the Company produces and markets wines under the brand name Echelon Vineyards. In Washington State, the Company owns and operates Sagelands(R) Vineyard and Canoe Ridge(R) Vineyard. In the Bordeaux region of France, the Company owns 23.5 percent of the fourth-growth estate of Chateau Duhart-Milon, in partnership with Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite), which owns the other 76.5 percent. For more information on Chalone Wine Group, visit www.chalonewinegroup.com. |
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