Dumas Station Wines

Jay DeWitt of Dumas Station Wines Photos Courtesy of Dumas Station Wines When 4th generation farmer Jay DeWitt was growing up in Walla Walla, he never imagined he would have a career in the wine industry.  There was no wine or alcohol of any kind in the DeWitt household, except on New Year's Eve.  It wasn’t until Jay was working as a crop consultant in CA that he had his first taste of wine.  He remembers that first sip well.  It was a 1976 Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon, and the experience changed his life.  He had never tasted anything so good, and he has had a glass of wine every day of his life since that first sip.  He and his wife moved back to Walla Walla, and Jay made hobby wine in their dining room, using a trash can as a fermentation vessel.  In 2003, he and a friend decided to make wine commercially, and Dumas Station Wines was born.  There’s a lot of history behind the brand name and the tasting room/winery site several miles south of Dayt

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