Winemaker
Natasha DeHart
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Lewisville, Texas, United States
i. Biography
In Lewisville, Texas, the work at BENDT Distilling Co. sits on balance, timing, and proportion. Since 2011, Natasha DeHart has treated whiskey blending as an exacting discipline: spirit selected, measured, and brought into alignment by the blender’s hand. The method rewards patience and a trained palate, and her reputation has been built inside that slower, more deliberate pace.
The Climb
Training at Florida State University gave DeHart an early base, but the rest of her career reads as accumulation rather than leap. At Jackson Properties & Financial Services, Inc, she served as manager from 1999 to 2005. She then moved into telecommunications as Key Account Manager at tyntec from 2006 to 2008, followed by director, Customer Relations from 2008 to 2010 and director, Strategic Account Management from 2010 to 2012. Across those roles, the pattern is the same: detail held alongside larger responsibility. That same organizing instinct found a more direct outlet in BENDT Distilling Co, which DeHart founded in 2011 and has led as founder, owner, and blender. Her work has also extended into trade and civic service. From 2023 to 2024, she served as Secretary Board of Directors at Texas Whiskey Association, then became president in 2024. Since 2023, she has also served as Vice President of Lewisville Park Alliance.
Today
At BENDT Distilling Co. in Lewisville, DeHart’s title of Founder and Blender names both sides of the job: building the company and shaping the whiskey. Blending is a practice of proportion. Each component has to be understood on its own before it can be brought into a final composition that holds together. It is work that depends on restraint, consistency, and a steady palate. Her present role in the trade now reaches beyond production. Since 2024, she has served as President of Texas Whiskey Association, after her 2023 to 2024 term as Secretary of the Association. The progression reflects confidence earned through repetition, and a career in which making whiskey and representing the category have become part of the same practice.
Signature
Natasha's signature wines include BENDT No. 5.
Recognition
The clearest public measure of DeHart’s standing is the sequence of roles she has held and the institutions that have relied on her. In the whiskey trade, her move from Secretary of the Association in 2023 to 2024 to President in 2024 places her production work alongside organizational responsibility for Texas whiskey. That recognition is built on named responsibility rather than ceremony. The same person who founded a Lewisville distilling company in 2011 now helps lead a statewide whiskey association while continuing the sensory work of blend building that defines BENDT Distilling Co.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Natasha
What is Natasha DeHart's current role?
As of 2026, Natasha DeHart is Founder and Blender.
Where did Natasha DeHart train or study?
Natasha DeHart trained at Florida State University.
What is Natasha DeHart known for?
Whiskey blending.
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