12/06/2019
Shelby Watson-Hampton
“I was 23 years old when I accepted my first role of winemaker and I still remember the shocked expressions of patrons waiting to meet the winemaker,” said Lauren Zimmerman. “They usually expect a 60-year-old male to greet them. It’s true that traditionally the winemaking industry has been male dominated, but that has very much changed as some of the top U.S. winemakers are female.”
Zimmerman, a dynamic and enthusiastic young woman in the burgeoning Maryland wine industry, is currently the winemaker for the Port of Leonardtown Winery in southern Maryland…” To read more, click here.
