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Full Sales & Media Kit
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FAQS
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Organic Viticulture FAQ
Pinot Gris FAQ
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A native of the Chicago area, Steve discovered an interest in wine while working in the restaurant business as he earned a degree from the University of Illinois. During a 15 year food & beverage career, he was the general manager of two Mobil 4 star restaurants, and a food and beverage director for a major hotel company. From 1991 to 1998 Steve worked for Griesedieck Imports in Missouri, first as a wine sales manager mentored by Doug Frost MW, MS, and then as General Sales Manager. Eventually Greisedieck Imports became part of the Glazer’s Family of Companies, one of America’s largest fine wine wholesalers. In 1999 Steve moved to Atlanta to become Southeast Regional Manager for King Estate which he had sold as a wholesaler since its inception. In January of 2001, Steve was promoted to the position of Director of Sales, and then later Director of Marketing and Sales. In July of 2007, Steve became Executive Vice President, overseeing sales, and marketing, and most recently Executive Vice President of the winery. Thomson is on the Board of Directors of WineAmerica: the National Association of American Wineries, The Oregon Wine Board, The Northwest Wine Coalition, and the Advisory Committee of the Chemeketa College Viticulture & Enology program.
A native of San Diego, California, where he has resided for over 40 years, Rick Durette joined King Estate Winery as Vice President of National Sales in January 2013. Rick has extensive sales experience growing multiple wine brands for nationally recognized companies including Wilson Daniels where he was Executive Vice President/National Sales, Jess Jackson’s ‘Artisans & Estates’, and most recently Boisset Family Estates. Durette leads King Estate’s regional sales force, and is responsible for the management and growth of the winery’s King Estate, North by Northwest (NxNW) and Acrobat wine brands.
Rick Durette’s 27+ years in the wine industry also includes extensive experience at distribution, including Mesa Distributing, Young’s Market Company, and Regal Wine Company where he was General Sales Manager. Durette’s career is the epitome of hard work and dedication. What began with a merchandiser position building displays and doing store resets, has transformed to Durette successfully leading and driving growth for a list of the nation’s top wine brands, and now includes Oregon’s most successful and leading winery – King Estate. 
Gary Lynn joined the King Estate Sales Team in 2001 after being the Vice President and Eastern Division Manager of the Napa Valley's Rutherford Benchmarks, Inc., a company that he helped found in 1995. Prior to that, Gary spent 23 years with the wine division of Brown Forman Corporation, rising to the position of Southern Division Area Wine Manager. Gary's background also includes distributor sales experience with McKesson in Miami, Florida. Gary holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Tampa and is a native of Miami.
A native Texan and 1986 Graduate of the University of Oklahoma, She brings a very diverse food and wine background. She joined King Estate in 2001 by way of Hirst Imports, Inc. of Oklahoma, where she was Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing and a very successful distributor of King Estate Wines. Prior to her responsibilities with Hirst, Shelli held District Management positions for Kendall-Jackson in Dallas and New Orleans, and she was an Area Manager for Kendall-Jackson’s Artisans and Estate portfolio in Houston. Previously Shelli also held distributor sales and management positions with Hirst Imports and Jarboe Wholesale of Oklahoma.
Randy Ford started at King Estate in early 2007 after working 13 years for one of our largest distributor partners, National Distributing Company. Randy is a 2006 NDC Master Level Sommelier and he was instrumental in helping develop and manage creative sales and educational wine training programs for NDC at the state level.