Jay Krutulis studied Biology in college and Neuroscience in graduate school before embarking on nearly 20 years of studying and practicing corporate law, including work at the law firm of Alston & Bird in Washington, DC, and at Amazon.com in Seattle. He fell in love with wine during the first stop, and with Washington wine after moving west. When he and his wife Christy decided to move to Walla Walla, there was no resisting the call of the wine industry, and it has proven to be a natural confluence of the science studies of his youth and the business endeavors of his legal career. After graduating from the Enology & Viticulture Program at Walla Walla Community College, Jay worked on the winemaking team at Tranche Estate and Corliss Estates as the Cellarmaster for Tranche.