These seven women in wine are branching out from their comfort zones and starting passion projects with their own labels, betting on themselves with visionary ideas and modern, cutting edge techniques to take enology in California to the next level. From Marie-Laure Ammons’ Nid Tissé, with its single-site Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays, to Ashley Hepworth, Sally Johnson Blum and Molly Hill’s House of MAS rosé from the Alban clone Grenache on Mt. Veeder, to tenured vineyard manager Brenae Royal’s first independent label, Violet’s Paradise, producing stellar wines from her home Monte Rosso vines, and so much more.
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