Seattle magazine recently unveiled their Power List for 2007 – Seattle’s movers and shakers who have shaped the city this year. Tim Hightower, winemaker of Hightower Cellars, earned a mention for business as an advocate for the state’s wine industry.
"A lawyer by training, Hightower, who has worked as corporate counsel fro Columbia Winery and is director of operations for their Covey Run and Hogue brands, was president of the Washington Wine Institute (washingtonwineinstitute.org) when the all-volunteer industry lobbying body began pushing for the rights of member wineries. He was instrumental in getting legislation passed in 2006 to allow small wineries to deliver their own wines to restaurants and shops, rather than going through a distributor (which lowers their profits) – a coup for local winemakers."
