Water2Wine Biography

Water2Wine got its start in 1999 when longtime friends and songwriters Ginette Wilusz and Jeanette Wheeler first began singing and playing together at local coffeehouses and churches. What started out as merely a fun hobby quickly turned into a full-blown passion for creating music and sharing it with others. With diverse musical backgrounds – Ginette is a self-taught musician and Jeanette is classically trained – they make a well-rounded team, each bringing something of value to their creative, collaborative work; and each has learned much from the other. The two write songs individually and together, blending their eclectic styles into a coherent whole.

Water2Wine is appreciated for their rather unique and layered sound, which comes from the array of instruments they use, their engaging and even unexpected melodies and chord progressions, and their hauntingly beautiful harmonies. Their style could best be described as an eclectic blend of rock and pop with hints of country, Latin and Celtic sounds, featuring acoustic and electric guitars and bass guitar, keyboards & synthesizers, flute & tin whistle, violin, drums and various percussion instruments. Water2Wine boldly proclaim their Christian faith through their lyrical content, which includes stories based on personal experience, evangelism, and straight up praise & worship.

Water2Wine’s vision is to take their music to the world, to as many people as possible. Their mission is to see lives and hearts touched and changed for the better as God speaks through the music that He’s given them to share, and they have determined to let nothing stop them from fulfilling it. Their 2008 debut CD release, Nothing to Fear, featuring fifteen original tracks, is the first big step of faith they’ve taken in that direction – albeit the first of many. Thus the musical adventure begun in a small church ten years ago continues to unfold.