(PressDemocrat) - Ascentia Wine Estates, a Healdsburg company established in 2008 with ambitions to restore local ownership to some of Sonoma County’s most prominent wineries, is being sold off in pieces. Employees at Geyser Peak Winery, Ascentia’s flagship property in Sonoma County, on Thursday said managers informed staff the Geyserville winery is being sold to an Australian-based wine group. The buyer, Accolade Wines, could finalize the acquisition today, several employees said.