Ben Grossman is Kana’s winemaker since the spring of 2007 and he has formal education in fermentation science and is a tenured assistant winemaker from Stimson-Lane (Ch. St. Michelle) and Robert Craig Wineries. He had previously worked at Windy-Point Winery before joining the Kana team. Besides being a tenured winemaker, Ben has extra training and experience in laboratory wine analysis and hands-on vineyard management.

Dr. Palmer Wright, is the proprietor of Kana Winery since its inception back a few months before its first crush of 2002, which produced 800 cases. He is a double board certified Otolaryngologist (Ear, Nose & Throat) and Facial Plastic Surgeon, with a busy practice in Yakima that he started back in 1985. He has served as a wine judge and was a hobbiest winemaker before taking the commercial winery plunge. He does hands-on assisting of various winemaking duties and is active in blending trials, vineyard selection and wine-style decision making. He feels, as does winemaker Ben Grossman, that 90% of winemaking is in the vineyard, and that it is important to interact with Kana’s growers and walk the vineyards on a regular basis.