Alex & Michelle Mitchell (Photo credit: Lisa Fonville - Hemlock House) Alex Mitchell found his spark for all things mechanical as a young boy ‘helping’ his dad fix antique cars and trucks in his St. Helena driveway. “My father had a vineyard management company,” he says, “so there were lots of interesting things to repair in that driveway. I learned how to work on a car and fell in love with the work.” Alex earned a Master's in Industrial Technologies at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and came home to apply it at York Machine Works doing custom machining and fabrication for the wine industry. When John York retired in 2010, Alex and his wife bought the company; a decade later, they acquired Burgstahler Machine Works. Michelle, who holds a Master’s in Genetics from U.C. Davis, left her science career in 2014 to help Alex at York Machine Works, juggle parenthood and their growing business. In 2020 they acquired Burgstahler Machine Works and rebranded as MUST. Machining

Afternoon Brief, August 9th

How 3 Sonoma and Napa County Wineries Have Changed Their Packaging to Help Environment: Driving near Sebastopol, Ron Rubin had an epiphany when he saw blue recycling bins parked along the road, a punch of color against the gray pavement...