MAVERICK WINE COMPANY PRESENTS: ​AN INTERNATIONAL WINE EXPERIENCE
Women in Wine

LIVE Virtual Tasting​ • Wednesday, August 26, 2020 • 6:00pm MST
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Join us via Zoom for this special event featuring three remarkable wine industry luminaries as they share their stories, and their wines, LIVE from their wineries around the world! Choose any of their wonderful wines from a participating retailer to enjoy during the event.
The Zoom will begin at 6:00pm MST with a special slideshow and Spotify playlist while everyone gets settled. Presentations and tasting will begin at 6:15pm. We will travel from New Zealand to Argentina to Napa Valley on a spectacular journey through the wines as we come to know the powerful female producers responsible for them! Invite the powerful woman wine-lovers in your life to join along, too!
​Read on to learn about these remarkable wine personalities... ​

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MARLBOROUGH, NEW ZEALAND

Amanda Johnson
Amanda is the charismatic Managing Director of Spy Valley Wines, one of the leading family-owned wine companies located in beautiful Marlborough, New Zealand. As the daughter of Spy Valley’s founders, Bryan and Jan Johnson, Amanda has intimate knowledge of the operation and its goal to preserve the land for future generations. She is passionate about sustainability as it relates to both Spy Valley and the wine industry, and she is in charge of carrying on those high standards of sustainability. Spy Valley is known for its award-winning architecturally-designed winery and its status as being one of New Zealand’s most highly acclaimed producers.
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MENDOZA, ARGENTINA

Jimena Lopez
Jimena has been making wine since she was 18 years old! She has worked over 20 straight harvests in 7 countries, including France, Germany, the United States, and her home country of Argentina. Jimena is a passionate winemaker with unmatched attention to detail and an unfailing drive to teach aspiring winemakers. When she decided to pursue a career in wine, she attended the local university and was the only female in her class; through this experience she discovered that obsession over detail, pure knowledge, and passion are the keys to success. At Bodini, Jimena showcases fruit grown by a small estate winery in Mendoza, and the winery’s success helps encourage the important tradition of independent, family-run vineyards in the area.
Learn More About Bodini & Graffito Wines

NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Stephanie Putnam 
​Winemaking wiz, Stephanie Putnam, is no stranger to the vineyards of Napa Valley; she developed her passion for viticulture and winemaking while growing up in northern California, and she eventually graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Fermentation Science. Today, Stephanie is the director of winemaking at Raymond Vineyards, where she is in charge of all aspects of winemaking for this seminal Napa Valley winery. Before joining the team at Raymond in 2010, Stephanie spent eight years as winemaker at Far Niente Winery, and previously worked at The Hess Collection as a winemaker and cellar worker. Stephanie continues the strong legacy of quality wines at Raymond, crafting award-winning selections from the winery’s certified organic and biodynamic estate vineyards.
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