Who & What —

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates  names Peter Click as vp-international sales. Click replaces longtime Ste. Michelle international sales chief Al Portney who recently retired after 25 years with the Washington-based winery.  Click founded Click Wine Group, a Seattle-based wine import company that developed innovative partnerships with producers from Argentina, Chile, France, Germany and Washington State.  After growing Click Wine Group to more than 575,000 cases annually over two decades, he sold the business to Winebow Group in 2008 and continued as Executive Vice President of Imports for the combined company.