Rebekah Weinberg

Coming Up

At the University of California, Davis, the technical base of Rebekah Wineburg’s work was set in a program known for rigor. Ornellaia added cellar discipline and palate training. Quintessa in Rutherford, California brought that training into winemaking, and Wineburg now serves as winemaker of Illumination. The sequence is direct: study, repetition, and a narrowing toward wines that rely on restraint, attention, and an exact read of place.

Where They Are Now

The current scope of Rebekah Wineburg’s work is split between Quintessa and Illumination, two projects that ask for different readings of Rutherford. One is the Rutherford Cabernet program, tied to a landscape that defines the work as much as the work defines the wine. The other is the Sauvignon Blanc project, Illumination, set deliberately within Cabernet country as a separate register of the same ground. That arrangement gives the job its structure. Rather than moving across many labels, Wineburg returns to the same place each year and builds from continuity. The task is to make the season legible without losing the identity of Rutherford, using consistency as the tool and clarity as the aim. Illumination marks the other side of that practice. In Wineburg’s portfolio, it is the named expression that shifts the register while staying within the same frame of place and production.

Career - winemaker — Illumination - worked at — Ornellaia - winemaker — Quintessa, Rutherford, California Education: University of California, Davis

Signature

Illumination is the signature wine associated with Rebekah Wineburg. It sits apart within her work while still carrying the same emphasis on place, precision, and a clear stylistic line.

In Their Words “I'm Rebekah Wineburg. I'm the winemaker for Quintessa and Illumination.” “This was the first wine I had ever tasted that spoke of place.”

FAQ Where did Rebekah Wineburg train or study? Rebekah Wineburg trained at University of California, Davis. What is Rebekah Wineburg known for? Sauvignon Blanc at Quintessa in Cabernet country.