Livermore Valley Women Winemakers Honored At Virtual Tasting

LIVERMORE, CA — Three women winemakers will share their journeys and lead a virtual wine tasting event this week, in honor of Women's History Month this March.

Panelists at the free event will talk winemaking technique and share personal anecdotes about how they got started in the industry. The event is organized by Livermore Valley Wine Country, the professional association that represents dozens of local wineries and winegrowers.

Women winemakers remain sorely underrepresented in California, according to Lucia Albino Gilbert and John Carl Gilbert, the Santa Clara University researchers behind the project Women Winemakers of California and Beyond.

The number of women winemakers in California has grown over the past decade, but not by much.

Fourteen percent of California wineries were led by women winemakers in 2020, up from 10 percent in 2011, according to Women Winemakers of California and Beyond.

Here's the lineup for Thursday's event:

• Lisa Lee of Charles R Vineyards: 2019 Rose of Sangiovese
• Rosa Fierro of Rosa Fierro Cellars: 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon
• Rhonda Wood of Wood Family Vineyards: 2018 Big Wood Zinfandel

Wines will be available at a 30 percent discount from Rosa Fierro Cellars and Wood Family Vineyards.

Tune in to Zoom here at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The Meeting ID is 857 4718 7593 and the passcode is 297018.