Tom Hedges
It was Tom Hedges’ contacts in the produce export market that “planted the seeds” for Hedges Cellars. Tom was asked to produce a Washington State table wine for sale in Sweden. A winery was born. The first two vintages (1987 and 1988) of Hedges Cellars Cabernet-Merlot were sold exclusively in Sweden. Today, four different wines includeing the 1997 vintage of Cabernet-Merlot are sold in 45 states and 15 foreign countries. Hedges Cellars is being hailed as one of the coutry’s “Great Red Meritage Producers.”
Tom Hedges led a career in Internation Marketing focusing on food commodities. He was employed by Castle & Cooke Foodes from 1976-1982 heading up ffices in Buenos Aires, Pennsylvania, Arizone and Vancouver, Canada. Next, he worked for Pandol Bros., a small Dutch trading company in Seattle, importing Chilean produce and exporting fruit to the Far East and India. In 1984 Tom served as President and CEO of McCain Produce Co. in New Brunswick, Canada farming potatoes for export.
Tom received his B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He received his M.I.M. at the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in Glendale, Arizona.
Tom met his French wife, Anne-Marie, in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Autonoma University of Guadalajara in 1975. Together they have raised two children.
Christophe Hedges
1996: University of San Diego, worked as a wine steward for Costco, sommielier for La Tavola, contractor.
2001: Graduated University of San Diego, Major: Business, Minor: Theater.
Hedges Family Estate
2001: Moved to Red Mountain, became a Lab Tech. Weekend wine sales.
2003: Winery sales and Marketing
2004: National Sales and Marketing, Hedges Family Estate
2004: planted first vineyard on Red Mountain 4 acres: Magdalena vineyard
2004-Present: national Sales and marketing Hedges Family Estate
Married to Magdalena Hedges in 2004,
2 sons. Julian 18months and no name to be born July 14th.
Hobbies: Masonry, wine, food, grape grower, gardening
Favorite music: classical
