Meet Rebekah Wineburg

With experience in the wine-growing regions of California, Oregon, Italy, and New Zealand, Rebekah contributes a worldly perspective to the cultivation and production of luxury wines in Napa Valley. Rebekah’s passion for winemaking began when she visited Napa Valley with her parents at just 16, and a winemaker friend of her fathers explained winemaking and wine tasting to Rebekah. The discussions from that visit left such a lasting impression that she went on to pursue a dual degree in chemistry and biology at Macalester college with the dream of becoming a winemaker. Committing wholeheartedly to her dream, she enrolled in the winemaking program at the university of California, Davis, where she earned her master’s degree in viticulture and enology. After completing her MS with a thesis on the effects of winemaking techniques on the phenolic composition of cabernet sauvignon, she abandoned the lab and went headfirst into a series of harvests around the world before settling down in Napa Valley where she continued to learn wine making at exceptional producers before joining the Quintessa team in 2015. For Rebekah, the joy of winemaking is in the opportunity to be a part of something so much more, as wines have a life and spirit of their own.