Chris Brundrett

Chris Brundrett is the winemaker at William Chris Vineyards in Hye, United States, with the work set at the practical overlap of vineyard, cellar, and landscape. He is also Co-Founder and CEO of William Chris Wine Company, a role that keeps the emphasis on wine carrying a sense of place and on Texas as a region with room to develop. In that frame, winemaking is less a standalone process than a conversion of terrain, climate, and patience into wine that can be poured, shared, and remembered. What shapes Brundrett’s approach is winegrowing and winemaking rooted in place. The method asks for discipline and restraint: paying attention to what the land can give, then organizing the work around those limits instead of imposing a uniform style. In Texas, where weather, soil, and season vary widely, that stance matters. Brundrett’s perspective is built around possibility, but it stays tied to vineyard realities rather than abstract ambition. At William Chris Vineyards, that idea of place becomes the working frame for the wines. The work is deliberate, attentive, and tied to the long cycle of growing grapes and turning them into wine with character and clarity. Brundrett’s role as Co-Founder and CEO of William Chris Wine Company adds the larger company side of the craft: the stewardship required to build and sustain a wine business around a distinct regional identity. It points to both entrepreneurial range and commitment to the values carried by the bottles.