Tim Snider is the President of Fess Parker Winery in Los Olivos, CA and recently celebrated his 25th anniversary with the winery. Tim has learned the wine business from the ground up; he began working summers on his family’s vineyard in Knights Valley, Sonoma County in the mid-1980’s and after graduating from Williams College in MA, he took a job with E&J Gallo in Northern California. Tim worked with Gallo for a little over seven years in a variety of roles from street-level sales to sales management and, ultimately, as a brand marketing manager. Since coming to Fess Parker Winery in 1999, Tim has been a leader in the winery’s development into one of the preeminent properties in Santa Barbara County.
Tim has been married to Ashley Parker Snider for 24 years and they have three grown children in Santa Barbara. Tim has served on many industry boards including two terms as president of Santa Barbara Vintners Association, the World of Pinot Noir advisory board and, currently, Visit Santa Barbara. Away from the wine business, Tim’s biggest interests are sports and music; he plays basketball and golf weekly, and is currently the drummer in a garage band (with Ashley on vocals).