Women in Wine
Celebrating Women's History Month
March is Women's History Month and more than a dozen local women winemakers, winery owners, viticulturists, enologists and cellar hands will gather on March 28 for a tasting to celebrate their achievements.
“Long before Congress designated March as Women’s History Month, women have been making wine history here in Santa Barbara County," said Sonja Magdevski of Casa Dumetz, who is hosting the tasting at her Los Alamos tasting room. “Whether at the helm of winemaking as pioneers Lane Tanner and Kathy Joseph have always been, coming up through the cellar ranks like Lorna Kreutz or, like Megan McGrath, moving into our area because of the allure of Santa Barbara County, our winegrowing region has always included women in winegrowing.”
The tasting will feature a broad array of wines made by local women winemakers, including those from Bonaccorsi, Buttonwood Farm, Cambria, Carhartt, Casa Dumetz, Cebada Vineyard, Cold Heaven, Foley, Harrison-Clarke, Kita, La Montagne, Lucas & Lewellen, Nagy, Rideau, Riverbench, William-James Cellars and more.
“Of the more than 3,400 wineries in California, approximately 10 percent have a woman as their lead winemaker," said Clarissa Nagy of Riverbench and her own Nagy wines. “We believe the percentage here in Santa Barbara County to be much higher, and we also believe that women supporting our winemaking efforts in the office, the market, the cellar and the vineyard are just as important to the success of our region.
The tasting is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. at Casa Dumetz. For more information, contact Karen at 350-0257 or karenvintegratedsolutions.com.