Women Owned Wineries has played a big part in Raft Wines beginning year, and we’re honored to get a shout out in the article.
To quote Amy, ” I offer this directory of woman-owned wineries to help put dollars in the pockets of women business leaders. The project is growing to include a wine club, which you can join here. When the effort is strong enough, I hope to set up a fund for other female wine entrepreneurs. None of these steps alone will solve the problem, but maybe it’s a start…”.
Cru Podcast is a weekly podcast released by Chappy Cottrell and is an in depth look at the people behind the scenes in the industry. Jennifer was honored to meet with him in early December to discuss the history and philosophy of Raft Wines and her community involvement.
Raft Wines was featured in a lovely article on Women Owned Wineries, written by Bernadette Machard de Gramont in the Made Local Magazine. The story highlights Amy Bess Cook’s organization Women Owned Wineries of Sonoma County, and her goals for the future of the group.
Raft Wines reads the credits on Radio Cherry Bombe
While in New York, Jennifer from Raft Wines got the opportunity to read the credits to Radio Cherry Bombe, one of her FAVORITE podcasts. It just so happens that her credits were included on a podcast interviewing the designer of her favorite pants, Maxine Thompson from Polka Pants!
If you’re not listening to Radio Cherry Bombe weekly, we suggest you sign up HERE!
A new organization, their site catalogues woman-owned wineries of Sonoma County, California. Click, scroll, and explore the wide range of creations listed here. Women business owners are statistically more likely than men to face challenges in business endeavors. (Here’s why.) By putting your dollars toward their projects, you are helping to level an unbalanced playing field.
Raft is honored to be their first profiled winery on the site. Please read HERE.
On October 9th, 2017, Firestorms and Wildfires broke out across Lake, Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma Counties. The loss has been indescribable, and our hearts are broken for our homes and communities. Luckily the Raft Wines’ winery was spared by some miracle, and all the vineyards in affected counties are safe. Inspired by the incredible outpouring of support, I have gotten together to with a group of wine industry professionals to form REBUILD WINE COUNTRY. We’re working directly with Habitat of Humanity of Sonoma County to raise funds for the rebuilding effort. 100% of your donation is going directly to the individuals who need financial assistance to rebuild, and is tax-deductible.
Jon Bonné‘s book, The New California Wine, released in 2013, brought to life a narrative of the new, young, and innovative winemakers of the next generation. This article addresses the current state of the industry, just four short years, but many changes later. Raft Wines is honored to get a mention among personal winemaking heroes, past employers, and incredible peers.
Need a book that can take you through the long weekend and amp up your career? Well when panelists and attendees of the recent career-focused event School of Hustle were asked their fave books on business, they supplied a full list of amazing finds.
Jennifer Reichardt, winemaker for Raft Wines, answered! Click on the link to find out her pick, and other great books for your reading list.
Women of the Vine & Spirits™, the world’s leading organization dedicated to the support and advancement of women in the alcohol beverage industry, launched the Women of the Vine & Spirits Foundation earlier this year and has awarded its first scholarship recipients for 2017.
Raft Wines winemaker, Jennifer, was awarded the scholarship for Leadership Development. With this award, Jennifer will be attending the Global Symposium held in March 2018, to learn from hundreds of other attendees in the Wine and Spirits sector.
On Monday, August 14, the wonderful folks of Hedley & Bennett Aprons are hosting the School of Hustle with Instagram for Business. This one day conference is a hands on, energetic, crash course look into the world of an entrepreneur and small business owners. Jennifer, winemaker for Raft Wines, was chosen to be one of the 200 attendees to this first-of-its-kind conference. Find @duckdaughterjj on Instagram to follow the action!
Learn more about the School of Hustle