In the heart of Washington State, we own, hand harvest, and groom over 3,000 acres of estate-grown vineyards within the Ancient Lakes and Wahluke Slope. Our attention to detail and focus on each grape that enters our state-of-the-art wineries guarantee every bottle of wine we produce is done with delicacy and love. By taking our fruit in its prime, we exemplify the true character of our estate vineyards and display Washington’s maximum potential by way of supreme wines.
Washington Wine Group is a proud majority woman owned and operated business.
Founder / President
Born and raised in Northern California, Heather found her roots in growing up near some of the most prestigious areas being Napa and Sonoma.
Heather’s passion for wine began with her travels worldwide, being exposed to the best wine growing regions in the world.
Before the age Heather’s of Thirty, Heather had already been over 35 countries and had a deep passion for food, wine & travel, where she met her husband, Jonathan, who owned a wine company in California.
Her understanding of different cultures, food, and people was what Heather continued her interest in making her wines. Heather started her own company by taking her experiences worldwide to produce wines of exceptional quality. She instantly fell in love with the wines of Washington.
Today, her passion is in growing our portfolio of wines that she owns and produce from our estate farmed vineyards and wineries.
Besides her tenacity and strength, her focus is on growing the awareness of the incredible quality of the wines that Washington State delivers.
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Founder / Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan’s history came from growing up in California’s famous wine-growing region of Sonoma County.
After ten years of leading in the corporate wine world, Jonathan decided to go back to his entrepreneurial roots and take the plunge to start his own wine company in 2012.
Jonathan’s wine brands grew and became recognized as some of the fastest-growing in the industry. The people behind him all agree this was all due to the intense passion he had from the vineyards to the grapes, to his sincere love for the wines he made.
In 2018, Jonathan decided to sell his businesses, but his never-ending love for the wine industry and the friends he made over his 20 years in the industry brought him back; but this time to Washington. The extraordinary quality of grapes, vineyards, and potential brought him to where he is now. From Estate grown vineyards the wines express Washington’s incredible (and sometimes overlooked) exquisite quality.
When Jonathan is not living on a plane to see our valuable clients or be at the wineries, Jonathan loves spending time with his gorgeous wife, Heather, and their two amazing French bulldogs, Lulu and Beckham.
Family, wine, quality, community, and fun are what Jonathan believes Washington Wine Group’s foundation is built on.
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Executive Vice President / partner
Eddie began his journey in the wine & spirits industry straight out of the inaugural Middle Eastern Studies program at the Florida State University. After obtaining his degree, and 4 years of Arabic language studies, he naturally delved straight into the world of wine, and has never looked back.
In 15 years’ time he has worked in distributor houses from Florida to New England, and wineries from Monterey to Washington, taking a brief respite in the throes of the Great Recession to obtain his MBA at the University of South Florida St. Pete.
He currently resides in his hometown of St. Petersburg, FL with his wife Ashley and son Charlie. He spends his spare time cooking, reading, fishing, and planning the next family trip abroad to visit the in-laws in Ireland…and wherever else all those travel points might take them.
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Director of Finance
Robin began her career in the wine industry administrative position in 2008, where she began her employment with Wahluke Wine Company.
With the help of fantastic mentors throughout the years, she was educated to manage several different roles. In the Spring of 2016, she transferred into the Financial Controller role for Milbrandt Family Wines and recently became the Director of Finance for Washington Wine Group.
Today she resides in Washington State with her family and is currently attending Western Governor Unversity.
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Regional Sales Manager Northwest
Michael‘s mother and father gave him his first taste of wine as a kid, which was not the typical upbringing where he grew up. Being that his mother was from South America, his household was a little different than the average smalltown American kid. That cultural foundation of love and passion for good food and wine led him to take the leap and pursue wine professionally back home in Memphis, TN. Michael joins us with 17 years of experience across the fine wine retail, wholesaler and supplier sides of the industry. When he’s not working you can probably find him enjoying some of his homemade pizza or fried chicken, and drinking wine with his husband Kelly and their rescue pup Webster.
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Regional Sales Manager central
Conner started his career at Benziger Family Winery and enjoyed learning about organic and biodynamic farming techniques. That’s where he caught the Wine Bug and from there, he decided to pursue the wine industry for his career.
Then he moved to Napa working for the Mondavis at the Charles Krug Winery. The oldest winery in Napa Valley were got he to enjoy old wines and furthered his studies in the industry. He worked as a tour guide, event planner, hospitality and sales.
Ultimately moved to Texas to learn the wine distribution business. Where he had a chance to manage sales in all major chains and restaurants. As well as, the boutique fine wine market. Eventually earning a certification as a Level 1 Sommelier and a Level 2 in the Wine & Spirits Education Trust with distinction.
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Regional Sales Manager Northeast
Jake recently graduated from Fairfield University with a dual bachelor’s degree in Business & Marketing, in which he recognizes the importance of building business in all avenues.
Jakes’ history began in 2016 working for Baystate Wine & Spirits. Jake’s passion for wines, hardworking spirit, and drive to be part of a successful team led him to join Washington Wine Group after college.
Jake’s core values are honesty, respect, integrity, commitment, authenticity, and a great work ethic.
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Director of Inventory Logistics
Cali started working for Wahluke Wine Company in 2012 as an administrative assistant, where she learned much about logistics, warehousing, and operations for the winery.
In 2015, Cali moved to Texas to focus on raising her young family.
She joined Milbrandt Family Wines in the Spring of 2019 as Director of Inventory Logistics, and we are grateful to have her manage the same role with us at Washington Wine Group.
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