The Hallmark Principle

The Jean Arnold Group defines the Hallmark Principle today as the dedication to the unique vision of ownership and the commitment to the standards by which their work will be measured.  As in the 13th and 14th century, the Hallmark Principle of the Ownership is used as a touchstone to provide stability in decision making and to ensure that vision and quality standards are consistently upheld.

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Jean Arnold Sessions

Founder, Jean Arnold Group & Jean Arnold Foundation
President, Hanzell Vineyards

Consulting with Hanzell Vineyards since 1999, Jean L. Arnold was named President in January of 2002 as Bob Sessions’ retirement to Winemaker Emeritus was announced. Prior to joining Hanzell Vineyards as President, Jean was CEO of Jackson Family Farms and it’s nine independent wineries.  With over twenty-five years’ of wine industry experience in business leadership, executive management, marketing, and sales, her work experience has included such notable wineries as Chateau St. Jean, Chateau Montelena, J Vineyards & Winery, Jordan Vineyards & Winery, Chalk Hill Estate and Williams Selyem.  In 1999 she founded her consulting firm, the Jean Arnold Group, to offer luxury brand positioning and image creation to private wine industry clients including Laurel Glen Vineyards, Rudd Vineyards & Winery and the management firm of Motto, Kryla, & Fisher. 

Jean is the inaugural recipient of the Women in Business Award for Wine, given by the North Bay Business Journal, to women who demonstrate a leadership role in their company as well as business-related innovations, achievements and vision. She is a frequent guest lecturer in the Professional Studies Department of Sonoma State University, as well as a member of Women Chef’s and Restaurateurs, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Slow Food Sonoma, and the San Francisco Professional Food Society. She has been a featured speaker at the University of California, Davis in connection with the University of Paris; California State University, Fresno; Culinary Institute of America (Greystone and Hyde Park); National Conference of the American Institute of Wine and Food, The London Sommelier Society, The Boston Club Distinguished Leadership Series, and the Harvard Business School Women’s Association.

Excelling at public speaking, Jean enjoys talking with professional organizations about mentoring women executives as well as inspirational workshops on the power of “feminine” leadership. Jean is published in “Wine, A Global Business – The Importance of Brand”.  In 2005, Jean L. Arnold also received the Bulldog Reporter’s National Crisis Communications Silver Award for Excellence in Media Relations.