Women of Archer day Retreat
Join the women of Archer for a relaxing afternoon at JAX Tasting Room in San Francisco. You will be welcomed by vibrant Kimberly Jackson, the owner of the Napa based winery, for an introduction and brief history on JAX wines. Kimberly will be sharing her personal journey becoming a female entrepreneur and you will have the opportunity to ask questions. Then, enjoy a private tasting with your team complete with a plethora of wines, cheese, and charcuterie while learning about your female colleagues!
Itinerary:
Friday, October 15th
11:15am pick up at Archer HQ - 1880 Embarcadero Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303
12:00pm drop off at JAX Tasting Room - 326 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94107
12:00 - 12:20pm Welcome Intro and conversation from owner Kimberly Jackson Wickman
12:20 - 3:00pm Relax on the patio and enjoy the tasting experience from Jax winery Sommeliers
3:45pm drop off at Archer HQ - 1880 Embarcadero Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303
*Attendees must show proof of vaccination to enter JAX.
Kimberly Jackson Wickam
After a successful decade stint in technology, Kimberly earned her MBA at Vanderbilt and took over the business in 2003. From the day she stepped in (at 200 cases in production), Kimberly handled every function of the business. Now that JAX has grown to 12,000 cases in production, she shares the responsibility with her incredibly devoted team. Her passion and vision is clear when she shares her story. She loves to speak about her experiences building her business and her philosophy going forward.
About Jax Winery
Brother and sister team, Trent and Kimberly Jackson collaborated with their vintner “green thumb” father to found their first label in 1996. Over time the two identified their unique niche among next generation wine enthusiasts. Outliers from the dominating short list of old school napa wineries, the two saw an opportunity to buck the “en vogue” winemaking style of their day to focus on the unique terroir of their family vineyard. After all, “change comes first at a small scale driven by the smaller more nimble producers.”
Soon after, cult Winemaker Kirk Venge was recruited to create balanced wines reflecting varietal character and a sense of place. Passionate about our vineyard site, integral to our clone and root stalk selections, and now 15 years in, Kirk has reinforced their instinct that focus should always be on “sense of place” to understand the nuances that allow us to make great wine.
To differentiate from their small lot single vineyard Jax line, they launched “Y3” to scale and offer more “true to varietal” wines from various AVAs (spanning Napa and Sonoma). The “Y3” symbol was the cattle symbol used on their grandparents’ cattle ranch, Yarrayne. The “3” represents three generations of land tilling entrepreneurs.
In 2013, the siblings recruited a third partner, Dan Parrott, a no nonsense individual with a laser focus on balanced wines (historically working in Italian import houses) and a true burgundian aficionado. Dan keeps the sibling rivalry in check and runs Jax like a well oiled machine.
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