Eugene, Ore.—King Estate Winery director of viticulture Raymond Nucio was promoted to the post of winery operations manager and Brent Stone was promoted from lab manager to director of quality assurance. Nucio joined King Estate in 2013 after consulting for the winery for two years. In his new role, Nuclo will oversee the winemaking team as well as all the vineyards the winery contracts with to purchase fruit, from the Columbia Valley of Washington and Oregon through the Willamette, Lorane, Umpqua and Rogue valleys.

Stone came to King Estate in 2011 with 10 years’ experience working primarily in quality control for Forbo, an adhesives manufacturer, and Oregon Ice Cream Company. Stone will now be responsible for bottling operations, packaging supply chain and quality control for winemaking.