Jason Burrus, Winemaker and Production Manager
- Position: Winemaker / Production Manager
- Biggest Challenge: Physical Chemistry at UC Davis
- Greatest Joy: The birth of my son, Maximilian
- All Time Favorite Wine: 1993 Château Pichon Longueville Baron
- All Time Favorite Rappahannock Wine: 2006 ‘R’ Virginia Red Wine (Super Meritage)
- Hometown: St Louis, Missouri
- Date you began at Rappahannock Cellars: 2006
- Background:
- MS Food Science / Viticulture & Enology at Univ. of California, Davis 2001.,
- BS Biological Sciences, Univ. of Missouri – Columbia 1997.
- Jason’s career includes 6 years in California where he pursued an MS degree and worked at several wineries in the Napa Valley, Sonoma Mountains, and Central Valley. He followed that with three years in Europe where he made wine in the Mediterranean island of Malta and consulted in the Eastern European country of Moldova. Jason and his wife moved to Virginia in 2006 and he is excited to be part of an up-and-coming region.
- Quote: “How can you not love wine? It’s nourishment for the soul”
Contact: jburrus[at]rcellars.com
