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Best Woman Winemaker"></p> <!-- Check CTA/URL Type --> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <div class="grid-x feature-image-container "> <div class="cell large-6 feature-image-wrapper "> <img class="feature-image" src="https://www.imagerywinery.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-under-40-image.jpg" alt="Jamie Benziger Pouring Wine"> </div> <div class="cell large-6 feature-content "> <div class="content-wrapper"> <span class="heading-1"></span> <p><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/40-under-40.svg" style="height: 300px; width:auto;"></p> <!-- Check CTA/URL Type --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feature-slider-controls"></div> </div> <div class="grid-container content-3-image-blocks " data-module-key="0" id="content-3-image-blocks-0"> <!-- Top Shadow --> <div class="wrapper inner-grid-medium"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> <div class="cell main-content"> <h2 class="heading-1">Meet Jamie</h2> <p>Growing up between her family’s two Sonoma wineries, it’s no surprise that Jamie Benziger is blazing her own trail in the wine industry.</p> </div> <!-- Large Block --> <div class="cell large-8 "> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x grid-margin-y"> <div class="cell large-block image-content " style="background-image: url(https://www.imagerywinery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/winemake-1.jpg)" role="img" aria-label="Jamie Benziger / Winemaker" > </div> </div> </div> <!-- Small Blocks --> <div class="cell large-4 small-blocks block-margin "> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-y"> <div id="printContent" data-recipe-title="Our Winemaker - Imagery Estate Winery" class="cell small-6 medium-6 medium-offset-0 large-12 small-8 small-offset-2 medium-6 medium-offset-3 large-12 large-offset-0 small-block-top image-content " style="background-image: url(https://www.imagerywinery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/winemaker-2.jpg)" role="img" aria-label="Vineyard Overview" > </div> <div class="cell small-6 medium-6 medium-offset-0 large-12 small-12 small-block-bottom copy-content " style="background-image: url()" role="img" aria-label="Jamie Benziger With Wine Barrels" > <div class="content"> <p>As a kid, Jamie was always on the move, whether it was playing soccer, riding her horse, or running around with her two sisters, Kelly and Jill. Later, while studying marketing at Loyola Marymount University and working summers selling tour tickets at the winery, Jamie realized she wanted the family business<br /> to be her future. To get back to wine country,</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- paragraph block --> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container content-3-image-blocks " data-module-key="1" id="content-3-image-blocks-1"> <!-- Top Shadow --> <div class="wrapper inner-grid-medium"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> <!-- Large Block --> <div class="cell large-8 small-order-2"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x grid-margin-y"> <div class="cell large-block image-content small-order-2 " style="background-image: url(https://www.imagerywinery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/winemaker-4.jpg)" role="img" aria-label="Jamie Benziger / Winemaker" > </div> </div> </div> <!-- Small Blocks --> <div class="cell large-4 small-blocks block-margin small-order-1"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-y"> <div id="printContent" data-recipe-title="Our Winemaker - Imagery Estate Winery" class="cell small-6 medium-6 medium-offset-0 large-12 small-12 small-order-2 large-order-1 small-block-top copy-content text-right " style="background-image: url()" role="img" aria-label="Featured Image" > <div class="content"> <p>Jamie transferred to Sonoma State University to complete her marketing degree and added wine business to her studies. She interned in marketing with Gundlach Bundschu Winery during school but it wasn’t until her first harvest working the lab at Benziger that Jamie realized her heart was really in winemaking.</p> </div> </div> <div class="cell small-6 medium-6 medium-offset-0 large-12 small-8 small-offset-2 medium-6 medium-offset-3 large-12 large-offset-0 small-order-1 large-order-2 small-block-bottom image-content " style="background-image: url(https://www.imagerywinery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/winemaker-3.jpg)" role="img" aria-label="Jamie Benziger With Wine Barrels" > </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- paragraph block --> <div class="cell large-10 large-offset-1 small-order-3 paragraph-block"> <p>Since then, Jamie has had incredible opportunities to continue learning the chemistry of fine wine working in the wine labs at St. Francis and Bogle, traveling to New Zealand to work harvest at Villa Maria, and get her hands dirty in the field at Enterprise Vineyards.</p> <p>Returning home to Sonoma in 2015, Jamie had the opportunity to work alongside the most incredible winemaker she knows; her Dad, Joe Benziger. Mentored by her father and just as adventurous, Jamie is passionate about taking Imagery to a broader audience.</p> <p>In December 2017,<br /> Joe retired and Jamie took the reins as Winemaker. As the second-generation winemaker at Imagery, Jamie has been on a roll. Not only was she named the 2019 Best Woman Winemaker in the International Women’s Wine Competition, she was also included on Wine Enthusiast’s list of 40 Under 40 Tastemakers.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container shop-callout " data-module-key="0" id="shop-callout-0" > <div class="grid-x shop-callout-container anim"> <div class="cell medium-5 large-6 image" style="background-image: url(https://www.imagerywinery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/shop-callout-purple.jpg);" role="img" aria-label="Discover the Artistry of Fine Wine Table" > </div> <div class="cell medium-7 large-6 content purple"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <span class="heading-1">Traditional<br> Varietals with a<br> Little Twist</span> <!-- Check CTA/URL Type --> <a href="https://www.imagerywinery.com/shop-wines/"><button class="btn-black">Shop Our Wines</button></a> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <footer class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x grid-padding-x footer-wrapper"> <div 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