Mary Schneier

Mary Schneier was born and raised in America's most idyllic destination, St. Louis, Missouri. She earned a Bachelor of Food Science with an emphasis in Viticulture and Enology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Soon after, she fell in love with Chardonnay during her first vintage in California. Mary decided to cross hemispheres in 2016 to work a vintage with Rose Family Estate. After another California vintage, she joined the Wairau River team permanently in 2017 and jumped the ranks to Assistant Winemaker in 2018. In 2020, she officially started living the dream as Wairau River's Chardonnay Winemaker.