Wines To Find, Ep 64: The Mondavi Sisters’ Aloft and Dark Matter

Hosts Sandy and Michelle are joined by Angelina and Alycia Mondavi to wrap up Wines To Find’s focus on  women in wine, celebrating Women’s History Month. A fitting end to the month combining not only women currently working in wine, but a family with a long, celebrated history in the wine world.

This episode is full of stories from the Peter Mondavi family, featuring wines the sisters created with intentional nods to their grandfather’s contribution to the wine world: Aloft’s Chenin Blanc and Dark Matter’s Zinfandel. 
Hear of their individual journeys from growing up working on the family vineyard, to striking out on their own career paths, to developing their labels with their sisters making their own stamp on the industry. Angelina Mondavi, winemaker for Aloft and Dark Matter, as well as consulting winemaker for several wines, including 100 point earning wines discusses challenges and successes as a female  winemaker in the industry. Aloft and Dark Matter CEO Alycia Mondavi discusses the tenacity necessary to make it in the industry, gender aside. Sprinkled throughout are warm memories and family stories that turned them into the women they are today. Listen today!