Profiles of seven pathbreaking women at the helm of some of the world's iconic wine estates: Antinori, Wente, Domaine Bousquet, Rudd Estate, Léoville Poyferre, PIo Cesare and Gaja.
Facing financial peril, a young and brash Michel Chapoutier swapped his father’s chestnut oak barrels for new French barrels, introduced biodynamic farming and created luxury wines from the Northern Rhone Valley.
At Le Ragnaie, Riccardo Campinoti demonstrated the merits of high-altitude Brunello. Now more producers in Tuscany are moving up, seeking fresher wines as the climate changes.