Our Family

Jack Jones

Jack moved to the Columbia Valley as a child in the early 1950’s.He worked the land as a youth, becoming familiar with the geography and the climate. Subsequently, He began farming as a young man growing grains, forages, potatoes and the like. Throughout Jack’s farming career he always harbored an interest for fruits and vines.He satisfied his fruit curiosity by starting orchards in the early 1980’s. It wasn’t until the early 1990’s that he pursued wine grape growing with a passion. Jack is now recognized as a premier grower, both for magnitude and most importantly quality, in all of Washington State

So remember, the next time you share one of the classic blends from the Jones of Washington Vineyard, there is over 50 years of experience behind it from Jack and his unique relationship with the land of the Columbia Valley.

Megan Jones

In 2002 Megan began working beside her brother Greg in the family vineyards. Irrigation management, shoot measurements, soil sampling, crop counts, and pedal analysis are among the many tasks that have given her a foundation of knowledge about grape growing and the terroir of the family vineyards. While learning about the vineyards, she began creating Jones of Washington winery. In 2003 Jones of Washington released their first wine, the 2001 Merlot. Megan is the sales and marketing manager for Jones of Washington. She also helps in the Winery.

Greg Jones

1999 – Wenatchee Valley College: earned Associate in Technical Science in the Tree Fruit Production program.

2002 – Washington State University: graduated with a B.S. in Fruit and Vegetable production.

2003 – Napa Valley Community College, California: studied viticulture and enology for a semester.

2005 – Married Darby Zahn of Bridgeport WA

2006 – Bridget Jones is born, first daughter

I grew up working on a family farm in Quincy, Washington. Some of my first jobs included driving tractors (cultivation beans, disking, plowing, etc.), changing siphon tubes for row crops and doing orchard work. When we started planting grapes in 1997 I was still in High School.I spent summers working with the crews in the vineyards and started learning about the business. When not in the vineyards I was in school. I spent my first year managing the vineyards in 2003. Irrigation and Nutrient management is my most enjoyable and challenging responsibility. The vines are very responsive to water and fertilizer and I enjoy trying to grow a vineyard with a balance between the vegetative growth and the crop load. By achieving a balanced vine and providing the wine grapes with appropriate sun exposure the grapes yield great flavor and great wines. In addition to growing the wine grapes I am in charge of caring for the wine after fermentation is complete. After fermentation the wines need to be topped, racked and sulfured on a schedule to optimize wine quality.

Debbie Hassan

Ron Bunnell

Ron Bunnell grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and received his BA from the University of Tennessee in 1975 and an MS in Plant Ecology from the same institution in 1978. Ron went on to earn his MS in Enology and Viticulture from the University of California at Davis in 1983. He has also earned an MBA in wine marketing at Sonoma State University.

Ron has twenty-five years of winemaking experience in Napa, Sonoma, Monterey, Santa Barbara and Washington.

He has worked with some of the most talented winemakers of our time including Ed Sbragia (Beringer), Patrick Leon (Georges Dubuoef and Chateau Mouton Rothschild), Jean Louis Mandrau (Chateau Latour), Renzo Cotarella and Piero Antinori (Antinori).

After 16 years of winemaking in California for Beringer Vineyards, Chateau Souverain, Kendall-Jackson, and others, Ron and his wife, Susan, moved to Washington in 1999 to take the position of Head Red Winemaker for Chateau Ste. Michelle and Winemaker of Col Solare.

In 2004, they founded The Bunnell Family Cellar for the purpose of specializing in small lot, handmade wines from Rhône Valley varietals.