OUR TEAM
Rhyne Wines is a family-owned business founded by a 36-year French winemaker, Bénédicte Rhyne & her husband, Richy. Rhyne Wines' mission is to provide our customers with organic, memorable wines to enjoy with loved ones.
We source our grapes from some of the best Texas vineyards and use traditional French winemaking techniques to produce quality wine. Our Texas Rosé will be available for purchase in 2024. We believe that every bottle of wine has a story, and we are excited to share ours with you.
BÉNÉDICTE RHYNE
Bénédicte (de Carmejane) Rhyne is a native of Aix en Provence, France. She received her master in oenology (the study of wine) from the Université de Bourgogne (Dijon) in 1987.
Her first experience was at Chateau Pétrus, in Pomerol, Bordeaux, under the tutelage of renowned winemaker Jean Claude Berrouet. In January 1988 she went to New Zealand to work harvest at Matua Valley wines. Bénédicte then traveled to England and gained marketing and sales experience by working as a sales representative for Berkman Wine Cellars in Yorkshire.
In 1991 Ravenswood Winery in Sonoma, California, invited Bénédicte to join the winemaking-team. Her primary focus was to develop a”Meritage“program. From 1991 to 2001 the winery increased in production ten-fold. This meant a large increase in responsibilities for Bénédicte. She created a sophisticated wine laboratory with well -trained staff and quality control procedures.
In 2002, Bénédicte and her family moved to Fredericksburg, Texas and created a Wine Laboratory to compliment her Wine Country Consulting business.
Bénédicte served sixteen years as the winemaker of Mesa Vineyard - St. Genevieve Wines which was a well-known 1.6 million gallon facility located in Fort Stockton, Texas. She then became the winemaker of Kuhlman Cellars, a quickly growing winery whose door's opened in October of 2014 in Stonewall, Texas to produce fine quality and “Terroir” driven wines from Texas in the style of her native Provence. Since leaving Kuhlman Cellars in 2023, Bénédicte has been crafting wines for many 'Custom Crush' customers around the Texas Hill Country & has officially launched Rhyne Wines!