The Board of Directors of Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. elected Ms. Luanne Tierney as a director of the company to fill the vacancy left as a result of Ms. Francesca Schuler's resignation as a director of the Company on August 20, 2018. The Board has determined that Ms. Tierney is independent under the listing standards of the NASDAQ Stock Market. The Board has not yet appointed Ms. Tierney to any committees, though it may appoint her to one or more committees in the future. She currently serves as the CMO for Open Systems, where she leads the company's global marketing initiatives. Ms. Tierney’s efforts have gained wide recognition within the industry and she has garnered numerous awards and honors, including the YWCA TWIN Executive Women Award, the PBWC Industry Leader Award, the Silicon Valley Women of Influence Award, among others. She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post and Success Magazine, is a regular speaker at industry events, and a guest lecturer at several West Coast universities, including Stanford and UC Berkeley.
Crimson Wine Group, Ltd. owns and operates a collection of luxury wine brands from seven estate-based, boutique wineries located in the finest wine-growing regions of California, Oregon and Washington. It has two segments: Wholesale and Direct to Consumer. Wholesale segment includes sales through a third party where prices are given at a wholesale rate. Direct to Consumer segment includes retail sales in the tasting room, remote sites and on-site events, wine club net sales, direct phone sales, and other sales made directly to the consumer without the use of an intermediary. It, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns seven primary wine estates and brands: Pine Ridge Vineyards, Archery Summit, Chamisal Vineyards, Seghesio Family Vineyards, Double Canyon, Seven Hills Winery and Malene Wines. Chamisal Vineyards owns 92 acres of vineyards in the Edna Valley, California, of which 52 acres are planted. Archery Summit owns 92 acres of estate vineyards in the Willamette Valley, Oregon.
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