Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, is looking for a director for its Wine Business Institute. Details: sonoma.edu/jobs/jobs/3201.html.

Fill your jug at Marin winery
Ross Valley Winery, San Anselmo, (1,500 cases) offers consumers the opportunity to bring in clean glass containers to fill with a choice of five red and white varietal wines, ranging from $6 to $14 per liter. Details: rossvalleywinery.com.

Bennett Lane promotes Hermann 
Bennett Lane Winery, Calistoga, elevated Grant Hermann to the position of winemaker. He joined the 10,000-case winery as cellar master in 2005.

Raffaele is Keyways winemaker 
David Raffaele was appointed winemaker at 5,000-case Keyways Winery, Temecula. Previously, he was with Maurice Car’rie and Van Roekel Vineyard and Wineries.

Spring Mountain, CCVT earn IPM honors
Spring Mountain Vineyard, St. Helena, was one of eight businesses to receive an IPM Innovator Award from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for its successful integrated pest management program. The 225-acre vineyard was opened to University of California, Berkeley, researchers for vine mealybug and bee studies; to UC Santa Cruz for bluebird studies and the Napa County Resource and Conservation District for erosion control and soil studies. Details: springmtn.com. The Central Coast Vineyard Team was honored for the second time for its Sustainability in Practice (SIP) certification program. Details: vineyardteam.org.

Schug marks 30 years
Carneros pioneer Schug Carneros Estate Winery will celebrate its 30th anniversary by releasing its first-ever estate grown Pinot Noir for the 2010 holiday season, and breaking ground on a solar array that will produce 100% of the 35,000-case winery’s electricity.

Chattan promoted at Geyser Peak 
Ondine Chattan was named head winemaker at 225,000-case Geyser Peak Winery, Healdsburg. She’s been with the winery, one of the Ascentia Wine Estates, for 10 years, and was lead winemaker for Ascentia’s XYZin brand, produced at Geyser Peak.

New Peter Paul team releases first wines
Vintner Peter Paul, who sold his Grove Street Winery in Healdsburg, developed a new portfolio with Daniel Moore and Jeff Morgan, M Squared Wine Consultants and erstwhile Wines & Vines columnists. The first releases from Russian River Valley vineyards include a Chardonnay and two Pinot Noirs. Details: peterpaulwines.com.

Cameron Hughes is growing   
Cameron Hughes Wine, San Francisco-based international wine negociant, hired Sam Spencer as director of winegrowing and Darlyne Miller as direct-to-consumer manager. Spencer was a founder of San Francisco’s Hayes and Vine Wine Bar and of Spencer Roloson winery; Miller has handled direct marketing at Arrowood, Freemark Abbey and Constellation Wines U.S. Details: chwine.com.

Speak winery Spanish
Napa resident and native Spanish speaker Josefina K. Adriance, M.A., published Spanish for the Wine Industry, a spiral-bound, 140-page learning tool for basic Spanish used in the vineyard, winery and  human resources; price is $29.95. A companion publication, Adriance’s English/Spanish Dictionary for the Wine Industry, is $18. Details: spanishforwine.com.

Barrel program in Temecula
Temecula Valley Winery Management is a Southern California custom crush that enables budding brands or consumers to craft their own wines from a barrel inventory including nine red varietals. Licensing, brand development, design and support are available at the 33,000-square-foot bonded facility, under guidance from consulting winemaker Tim Kramer. Visit buythebarrel.net for details.