Jim Hutchenson
State Manager of Montana (Wine)
Jim has over 35 years of experience in the beverage alcohol industry. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army Special Forces from 1969 until 1974. His spirit and wine industry experience started with J.W. Brown and Associates in 1974 but was interrupted with graduate school and a two year position as Assistant to the President of the International Division of Wolverine World Wide. In 1978 he returned full time to the spirits and wine industry and acted as a regional broker for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah. Since 1984, he ran his own brokerage in Montana until March 1, 2004 when he joined Levine and Sons /Young’s Market Company.
Jim has both a Liberal Arts BA from Willamette Univ. and a Masters of International Management from Thunderbird.
