Jeremy Weintraub

The Climb

At UC Davis School of Enology and University of California, Davis, Weintraub trained in the language of science that underpins cellar work. That education led into California wine country, where he moved through roles that expanded his technical range and his sense of style. He went on to work as winemaker at Seavey Vineyard in Napa Valley until 2012, then as winemaker at Adelaida Vineyards in Paso Robles from 2012, and today he is winemaker of SITE Wines. Taken together, those positions place his career across some of the state’s most expressive wine regions, with each stop reinforcing a practice grounded in place, precision, and restraint. At Adelaida, the setting suits a winemaker attentive to structure and balance. Since 2012, Weintraub has held the winemaker title there, a run long enough to read as an ongoing exchange with the vineyards, season after season. Winemaking at that scale depends on close attention to climate, soil, vineyard, and the standards held across the team.

Today

At Adelaida, Weintraub has held the winemaker title from 2012 to present. His stated preference is for restraint and coherence: “I like harmony and balance in wines.” The line points to a style that favors clarity over excess, shape over ornament, and composition over display. It suggests a palate tuned to equilibrium, with each component kept in relation to the others until the whole comes into focus. That approach also fits the way a working winery functions, where final expression depends on many judgments made over time. The title may sit with one winemaker, but the result is built from collective standards, daily observation, and repeated decisions that stack into a finished wine.

In Their Words “It’s a combination of the soil, the climate, and the people that makes the wine interesting.” The line places wine inside its working environment. Soil and climate set the conditions, while the people in the cellar and vineyard shape how those conditions are translated into the glass. “Every person who works here at Adelaida has the same goal of making great wine.” The wording keeps the emphasis on shared purpose. It frames quality as a group standard rather than a solo claim, with each person at Adelaida working toward the same result.

Recognition

Jeremy's honors include James Beard Foundation scholarship and Wine Spectator scholarship. Those scholarships mark early recognition of promise. Read against the rest of the record, they sit comfortably beside a career that has moved steadily from UC Davis to Seavey Vineyard in Napa Valley, to Adelaida Vineyards in Paso Robles from 2012, and now to SITE Wines.