Jon Visser

Jon, like many of us, did not go to college with aspirations to sell wine for a living. While commuting from New Jersey to Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY, he needed to find a job to help contribute to the expenses for his college education. He found what he thought was just another liquor store in Fort Lee, NJ. The store happened to be Carlo Russo’s Wine & Spirit World, which, at the time, was known to have a broad and diversified collection of wine, especially from France and Italy. Jon graduated from Manhattan College in 1995 with a degree in Finance, but decided to continue in the wine business because of his recently discovered passion. In 2002, Jon decided to take on a new challenge at a very prominent wine store in Central New Jersey. He quickly became involved with purchasing and selling all wines but specialized in French and Italian. During this time, he was able to make multiple visits to Napa, Burgundy, Bordeaux and the Rhône, as well as visiting the Loire Valley, Chablis and Provence.  Jon enjoys wines from all regions but especially from Burgundy, Bordeaux and the value wines coming from Beaujolais and Chinon. Jon feels that there is a lot of great wine being produced all over the world that can be enjoyed for a reasonable price and loves the challenge of finding them.  Jon will be focusing his efforts on selling and sourcing fine wines from all over the world. 

You can reach Jon at jon.visser@grapesthewineco.com