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Hamel Family Wines Announces Geoff Labitzke, MW as General Manager

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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

SONOMA VALLEY, Calif., May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sonoma producer Hamel Family Wines ("Hamel") is pleased to announce that it has named Geoff Labitzke, Master of Wine, as its first General Manager. Labitzke, one of only 56 Americans to earn a Master of Wine certification, brings authoritative knowledge of fine wine and an extensive, successful track record in the industry to his new role at the winery. Hamel focuses on crafting terroir-driven Cabernet Sauvignon blends through its winemaking practices and its innovative site-specific farming of its estate vineyards in Sonoma Valley and the Moon Mountain District.

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  • SONOMA VALLEY, Calif., May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sonoma producer Hamel Family Wines ("Hamel") is pleased to announce that it has named Geoff Labitzke, Master of Wine, as its first General Manager.
  • "He has a deep sales pedigree ranging from the finest wines of the world to some of the best coming out of Sonoma.
  • Hamel Family Wines is a family-owned and operated winery located in Sonoma Valley, California.
  • Opened in 2014, Hamel Family Wines was founded by Pamela and George Hamel, Jr.

Statement - Ministers of Veterans Affairs and National Defence mark 105th anniversary of the Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel

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Thursday, July 1, 2021

Near the village of Beaumont-Hamel in northern France, the Newfoundland Regiment went into action in an attack that would turn out to be catastrophic.

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  • Near the village of Beaumont-Hamel in northern France, the Newfoundland Regiment went into action in an attack that would turn out to be catastrophic.
  • The Canadian Corps would also see heavy fighting later in the Battle of the Somme.
  • Today, we remember their courage, and the ultimate sacrifice so many made at the Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel.
  • We honour their unfaltering commitment to our values, which secured for us the peace and freedom that we have today."