Ukiah, Calif.—Greg Winter is the new director of winemaking at Mendocino Wine Company, MWC, and Parducci Wine Cellars. Winter will join head winemaker Bob Swain in producing the national brands Parducci, True Grit, Paul Dolan Vineyards, Moniker Wine Estates, ZinPhomaniac and Sketchbook. Prior to joining MWC, Winter worked as a winemaker at R.H. Phillips, Valley of the Moon and most recently as the director of winemaking at Hogue Cellars. Swain, who has been at the helm of Parducci Wine Cellars for the last 20 years (13 as head winemaker for MWC), will retire at the end of 2018. Swain assumed the role of head winemaker in 1997.