KELSEYVILLE >> The Lake County Winegrape Commission has seated new members on its board and has officially opened the doors to its new office and education center.
The board officially seated two new and two returning board members elected by grape growers; Bonnie Sears and Bill Oldham joined the board, while Jonathan Walters and Broc Zoller were re-elected to their board seats. Board members also recognized Jeff Lyon and Randy Krag for eight years of service on the commission board.
Officers for the coming year were selected, with Peter Molnar continuing to serve as commission chair, Walters as vice chair and David Weiss as secretary-treasurer. Committee chairs were appointed: Walters as executive committee chair, Zoller as research and education committee chair, Molnar as marketing chair, Buz Dereniuk as finance committee chair and Bill Brunetti as community/industry relations committee chair.
The board also approved the commission”s 2014-15 budget and set the grower assessment rate at 1 percent for the marketing season.
Approximately 150 people attended the opening of the commission”s new office in Kelseyville.
The office space was designed to accommodate meetings and workshops.
“The commission”s new space includes office space plus an education center that enables us to host workshops, tastings, our Master Vigneron classes and other events,” commission President Debra Sommerfield said. “It also will provide a community gathering space for local grape growers to get together and for other agriculture-related organizations to host meetings.”
For information about the Lake County Winegrape Commission and its programs, call the commission office at 279-2633 or visit www.lakecountywinegrape.org.
The commission”s new office is located at 3865 Main St. in Kelseyville.
