Itä Wines owner Kelsey Albro Itämeri. Photo by Feed It Creative.
After a long day of bottling—just before they pick up their kids—Elizabeth Bourcier and Karin Gasparotti sit at the round table in the lab office at Cayuse Vineyards and trade stories about life as a woman who makes wine.
There’s the challenge of reconciling fixed childcare schedules and the all-in intensity of harvest. Stereotypes about women making delicate wines while men put forth the swaggering trophy cabs. Male colleagues who question your ability to meet the physical demands of moving hoses and digging out tanks. Early in Gasparotti’s career, a would-be employer asked during her interview if she
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