Our Winemaker

Winemaker

Tim Jones

Tim Jones spent most of his life in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. He was born in Ashland, OR and grew up in Eureka, CA. Tim first became interested in winemaking while he was a student at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. A BA degree in Spanish from Willamette gave Tim the opportunity to study wines abroad in Chile and Argentina. His growing passion for wine led him to winery harvest work in Sonoma County. After a few years of working in wineries in Sonoma, Tim enrolled in classes at UC Davis to study viticulture and enology. While studying at Davis he worked weekends as a Tasting Room Manager for Fiddlehead Cellars, and after graduating, moved to Washington State where he worked for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates as a winemaker, then earned an MBA at Washington State University, before moving to McMinnville and joining The Four Graces team in 2018. At a small winery like The Four Graces, each day is unique: “It has given me the chance to develop a close connection to the wine through all stages of the winemaking process. With our four estate vineyards, we get to taste and compare some of the best grapes in the Willamette Valley.”