<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I am very sad to share that one of our leading experts and icons in viticulture research and problem solving has moved on to the big vineyards beyond.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dr. Douglas Goublar passed away Friday, July 20, 2018.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Quoted from the announcement:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><em style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">"It was with great sadness that we learned last Friday of Dr. Doug Gubler passing from a long battle with heart disease. </em></div><div class=""><em style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">Doug touched the lives of many in and outside our industry over the course of his long successful career and he did so with great humility and respect for everyone around him.</em><br style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><em style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">Our deepest sympathy and condolences to his family for their loss. It is with great appreciation that we celebrate his expertise and commitment to pioneer new ideas that improve the way our crops are produced and to teach his understanding to all who would listen. It was a pleasure to know and work with him. Rest in peace.</em><font color="#202020" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">”</i></span></font></div><div class=""><em style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></em></div><div class=""><em style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></em></div><div class=""><em style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></em></div><div class=""><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">I had the </i><font color="#202020" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">privilege</i></span></font><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""> to </i><font color="#202020" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">work</i></span></font><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""> with Dr. Goublar from 1991-1992 in his research trials on powdery mildew on </i><font color="#202020" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">wine grapes</i></span></font><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""> in the Central Coast. It is absolutely true that he acted with professional integrity and humility with all he met and all members of the wine industry owe him a great debt.</i></div><div class=""><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><i style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-size: 14px;" class="">Thank you Dr. Goublar for your work and thank you to his family for sharing him with us.</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>