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- June 14, 2016 Panther Creek Cellars Celebrates 30 Years at Upland in NYC
- April 18, 2016 – Two Bacchus Wineries Participated -“Scenes from Northwest Wine Encounter”
- July 13, 2015 Panther Creek Cellars Past & Present Wine Tasting & Luncheon
- September 22-23, 2014 Bacchus Capital Sponsors 23rd Annual Wine Industry Financial Symposium in Napa
March 6, 2015 – DeLille’s 2011 D2 Named a Top Red Blend in WSJ Lettie Teague, “The Red-Wine Blends Trend: More Than Just Flashy Packaging”

WSJ Lettie Teague, “The Red-Wine Blends Trend: More Than Just Flashy Packaging” The Red-Wine Blends Trend: More Than Just Flashy Packaging Not all American red blends are cheap, cleverly marketed mixes of grapes that couldn’t make it on their own. … Read More
March 5, 2015 – DeLille Cellars Legacy Dinner at World Trade Center Seattle, March 5th 2015
DeLille Cellars Legacy Dinner at World Trade Center Seattle, March 5th 2015 DeLille Cellars Legacy Winemaker Dinner Featuring Greg Lill, CEO and Co-Founder DeLille Cellars, Chris Upchurch, Executive Winemaker and Co-Founder, and Jason Gorski, Winemaker World Trade Center Seattle … Read More
March 1, 2015 – DeLille Cellars featured in Wine Enthusiast’s, “The Secrets of Red Mountain Winemaking”

Wine Enthusiast’s, “The Secrets of Red Mountain Winemaking” Over the last four decades, Red Mountain has established itself as not only Washington’s premier winegrowing region, but one of the finest in the world. Once a well-kept secret, the recent boom … Read More
February 27, 2015 – Pioneering Pinot: Celebrating 50 years of pinot noir in the Willamette Valley

Pioneering Pinot: Celebrating 50 years of pinot noir in the Willamette Valley THE VALLEY’S FOUNDING FAMILIES LOOK BACK ON THE EARLY DAYS OF OREGON’S PINOT INDUSTRY Laura Fosmire and Victor Panichkul, Statesman Journal In the 1960s and ’70s in Oregon, a … Read More
December 5, 2014 – Maritime Wine Featured in Shanken News Daily News Briefs

News Briefs for December 5, 2014 •San Francisco-based importer Maritime Wine Trading Collective has launched Message in a Bottle—the latest wine from musician Sting and his wife Trudie Styler—in the U.S. Making its debut with a 2011 vintage, Message in … Read More
Wine Enthusiast, “News and notes in the world of wine, beer and spirits”

Bacchus Capital Management announced new leadership at its wineries Wine by Joe/Dobbes Family Estate and Panther Creek Cellars, both located in Oregon. Wine by Joe/Dobbes Family Estate’s current General Manager Gretchen Boock will be assuming the responsibilities of wholesale sales … Read More
Wine Industry Advisor, “Bacchus Capital Announces New Leadership At Wine by Joe / Dobbes Family Estate and Panther Creek Cellars”

San Francisco, Ca. and Dundee, Oregon, June 4, 2014: Bacchus Capital Management announced new leadership at portfolio wineries Wine by Joe / Dobbes Family Estate and Panther Creek Cellars, both located in Oregon. Gretchen Boock, currently GM of Wine by Joe / Dobbes Family Estate, will be assuming … Read More
WineBusiness.com, “Gretchen Boock to Expand GM Responsibilities at Dobbes Family Estate”

Bacchus Capital Management announced new leadership at portfolio wineries Wine by Joe / Dobbes Family Estate and Panther Creek Cellars, both located in Oregon. Gretchen Boock, currently general manager of Wine by Joe / Dobbes Family Estate, will be assuming … Read More
Shanken News Daily, “News Briefs for June 6, 2014″

Bacchus Capital has announced a pair of leadership changes at its Wine By Joe/Dobbes Family Estate and Panther Creek Cellars wineries. Quinton Jay, currently managing director of Willamette Valley-based Panther Creek, has been promoted to president. In his new role, … Read More
Wine Spectator, “West Coast Wineries Are Up for Sale–Quietly”

With buyers snapping up leading California wineries Qupé, Araujo, Clos Pegase and Mayacamas in recent months, and other players investing in Oregon and Washington, it may seem like the market for wineries is suddenly hot again on the West Coast. … Read More
Shanken News Daily, “Exclusive: Bacchus Launches “Wineworks” Sales And Marketing Unit With Highly Rated Trio”

Bacchus Capital Management—the San Francisco-based private equity firm formed by industry veteran Sam Bronfman and investment bankers Peter Kaufman and Henry Owsley—is set to open its own sales and marketing unit, BCM Wineworks. The new unit’s first three brands—Dry Creek’s Sbragia … Read More
Wine Spectator, “Qupé Winery Sold to Charles Banks’ Terroir Selections”

Qupé, a Santa Barbara winery specializing in Rhône-style reds, has been purchased by Charles Banks and Terroir Selections, adding to the investment group’s growing portfolio of wine brands. Founder and winemaker Bob Lindquist will stay on, assuming the role of … Read More
Wines & Vines: Recovery Strengthens Wineries’ Credit

The story of wine industry finance during the past 12 months combines contradictions and consistency. The contradictions come in the form of increased activity, competition and expanded players in some areas of finance, contrasting with consolidation in other areas—including the … Read More
Wines & Vines, “Bacchus Capital, Unorthodox Financiers”

Sam Bronfman completed his two-year stint at Diageo in 2004, after the wine and spirits behemoth acquired Seagram, the business his grandfather founded and his family had run for three generations. He set out to find a winery or wineries … Read More
Wines & Vines, “What Finance Insiders Think”

This year Wines & Vines surveyed six of the most knowledgeable executives in North American wine industry finance about the past year and what’s ahead. These banking veterans weighed in on the availability of credit, supply and demand, risk, interest … Read More
July 14, 2013 – Bloomberg.com, “Private Equity Wake-Up Kiss for Mayacamas: Elin McCoy”

Private Equity Wake-Up Kiss for Mayacamas: Elin McCoy July 14, 2013 — 9:01 PM PDT Share on FacebookShare on Twitter Baccus Capital Henry Owsley, Sam Bronfman and Peter Kaufman, the three co-founders and managing partners of Bacchus Capital, during the … Read More
WineBusiness.com, “Bacchus Jamboree Focuses on Best Practices”
A recent gathering in San Francisco of wineries that are part of the Bacchus Capital Management portfolio was unique, as it brought together staff from eight loosely affiliated wineries for the first time. The event was preceded by a tasting … Read More
Wines & Vines, “June News – Bacchus Invests in Madrigal”
Madrigal Vineyards in Napa Valley received an infusion of equity growth capital from Bacchus Capital Management LLC. The prestigious announcement, expected to be made public Thursday, comes just months after Dobbes’ Wine by Joe secured a deal with Bacchus Capital Management of New … Read More
Portland Business Journal, “Why a PE Firm is Playing in the Willamette Valley Wine Grab”

Why a PE Firm is Playing in the Willamette Valley Wine Grab by Suzanne Stevens Bacchus Capital Management first tapped into Oregon’s wine country by investing in Dundee-based Wine by Joe in 2011. It’s expanded its Oregon portfolio twice in … Read More
The Wall Street Journal Private Equity Beat, “The Morning Leverage: Bacchus Uncorks Two More Deals In The Northwest”
Bacchus Capital Management, the private equity firm that deals in a different kind of liquidity, is expanding its holdings in the Pacific Northwest, acquiring Panther Creek Cellars and making a growth capital investment in DeLille Cellars. The wine-focused private equity firm … Read More
Portland Business Journal, “NY PE Firm Taps into Second Oregon Wine Brand”
In a move that strengthens its position in the Oregon wine industry, New York-based private equity firm Bacchus Capital Management said Wednesday it has purchased the well-regarded Panther Creek Cellars wine brand, which is based in McMinnville. Terms were undisclosed. Seller Liz Chambers, … Read More
Dow Jones LBO Wire, “Bacchus Wraps Up First Fund With Deals for Panther Creek, DeLille Cellars”
Bacchus Capital Management is pouring out the deals, acquiring Oregon winery Panther Creek Cellars and making a growth capital investment in DeLille Cellars in Washington, as the wine-focused firm wraps up investing from its maiden fund. With the latest investments, Bacchus’s portfolio … Read More
Wine Spectator, “Wine Investment Group Makes Big Moves in Pacific Northwest”
Bacchus Capital Management, a private equity firm with six wineries and brands in Oregon and California, is placing a big bet on wine in the Pacific Northwest with two new deals. Wine Spectator has learned that the firm is buying Oregon’s Panther … Read More
Shanken News Daily, “Bacchus Capital Makes Big Moves In Pacific Northwest”

Bacchus Capital Management, a private equity firm with six wineries and brands in Oregon and California, is placing a big bet on wine in the Pacific Northwest with two new deals. Wine Spectator has learned that the firm—which is led by industry … Read More
Oregon Wine Press, “Panther Creek Sold to Bacchus”
Announcement should soon be forthcoming about the acquisition of noted Pinot Noir producer Panther Creek Cellars of McMinnville by Bacchus Capital Management of San Francisco and New York. The investment firm has steadily built a presence in the wine industry … Read More
Wines & Vines, “May News – California Cash Flows Northwest”
Millions of California dollars have migrated to the Pacific Northwest. Jackson Family Wines of Sonoma County, Calif., an- nounced its purchase of more than 1,100 acres west of Salem in Oregon’s Willamette Valley from institutional investment firm Commonfund of Wilton, Conn., … Read More