Master WineGrower, Jeffery Landolt’s love of organic farming began in 2005 during his first job as a vineyard laborer. The revelation that farming practices can positively affect local environments resonated so deeply that he made a decision to devote his career to organic, biodynamic winegrowing.
Jeffery’s undergraduate degrees are in international business and Spanish, but when his life’s passion became organic winegrowing, he went on to receive a master’s degree in agricultural science with a specialty in viticulture.
Jeffery came to Ramiiisol bringing 16 years of experience in organic winegrowing from California, Washington State, Canada, Chile, as well as his home state of Oregon, where he grew up in the Willamette Valley. Most importantly, Jeffery shares the owner’s passion and long-term commitment to Jefferson’s dream of making world-class Virginia wines sustainably within our holistic, biodiverse Ramiiisol Territorium.
Assistant Manager, Madison Soreng, grew up on a small ranch in Northern California where she did gardening and tending to sheep and milking goats. She knew then that her life would be dedicated to sustainable and organic agriculture. She helped manage an organic dairy farm before moving to work in a small family winery in Sonoma. Her move to Virginia landed her at Ramiiisol. She helps direct and ensure that our daily operations move forward timely and are recorded properly while learning about all facets of organic winegrowing.
