Women Break Into Award-Winning Winemaking

After 26 generations of all-male stewardship, the Antinori winery in Italy is now in the hands of the Antinori women.

Antinori WineyardsIn France women like Lalou Bize-Leroy and Anne Gros have shattered the glass ceiling. Researching Bize-Leroy, the industry says “the greatest domaines of Burgandy today must be those under the control of Lalou Bize. The sheer concentration, depth and intensity Lalou Bize manages to squeeze into her bottles is breataking.

The Forbes story Success by the Glass is focused on more private winemaker women in California. Before leaving Lalou Bize-Leroy, let me tell you that Lalou manages her wine on horoscopes and phases of the moon. Amazingly, her controversial wine-making strategy brings big results.

Meet Heidi Barrett, dubbed by Robert Parker as the “First Lady of Wine,” and by an October 2002 issue of “Time” was called the “Wine Diva of Napa.” All of these women in Forbes Success By the Glass are writing a wine career path that’s unique and often not designed to make the most dollars with less career satisfaction. Read on.