PIX: Winemaker Rebekah Wineburg on why she fell in love with Carignan

With a name like Wineburg, one could only guess where Post & Vine’s co-owner would end up. Originally from Washington D.C., Rebekah Wineburg became captivated by wine, after a family trip to the Napa Valley, during her teenage years. After returning home and finishing first high school, and then a degree in chemistry and biology, Wineburg pursued a master’s degree in viticulture and enology at UC Davis. This led her to numerous gigs working harvests around the world, including at Quintessa, Ornellaia, and Rudd Estate, to name a few.

Eventually, Wineburg returned to Northern California. Today, she is winemaker at Quintessa, and in 2012, with friend Erica Kincaid, co-founded the wine brand Post & Vine, based on grapes sourced from organically-farmed old vines across Northern California. Although many grape varieties tugged at her heartstrings, it was the region’s old-vine Carignane that ultimately captured her attention; that’s Carignane with an e, which is often used when speaking about the grape in California, while it’s Carignan elsewhere.