A lawyer by training, Stepan had a passion for wine and started a wine importation and distribution company in 2005 which became MyWinePlus.com, a Los Angeles based online retailer of premium quality wines. Stepan loves great wines and discovering new wines and new wine regions.

“I love the hunt to bring hard to find wines from established classic wine regions like Bordeaux, Tuscany and Napa as well as discovering new regions, such as Armenia and Georgia.” Stepan Baghdassarian

In 2010 Stepan saw the renaissance of quality winemaking in Armenia and started the WinesofArmenia.com to import and market quality wines from Armenia and to provide a distribution channel in the United States to many small wineries in Armenia that were making fantastic wines and needed to tell their stories and sell their wines to the outside world. And now, WinesofArmenia.com is the largest retailer of premium Armenian wines in the United States.

Given the tremendous popularity that Georgian wines have enjoyed in the U.S. and worldwide, in 2024 Stepan launched WinesofGeorgia.com to bring the best of Georgia to the U.S. and become the retailer with the largest selection of Georgian wines.