6 Women In Wine & Spirits | Coppola
Andrea Card’s wine roots date back to before Prohibition, when her great-grandparents grew Petite Sirah and Carignane in the Alexander Valley. In 2001, Card earned a degree in agricultural business with a concentration in farm and ranch management. Loving the wine culture, she decided to take her education further by completing a winemaking certificate program, after which she joined Benziger Family Winery, where she worked for 16 years developing her skills not only in wine production and winemaking but tending to the land with an emphasis in sustainability, organics and biodynamics. She transitioned to Ravenswood Winery in 2017 as its winemaker, then joined The Prisoner Wine Company working on the Unshackled brand for a year as senior winemaker before accepting the role of senior winemaker at Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Card loves everything about nature and processes and is excited to be in Sonoma County sourcing grapes and making wines that have long been a part of her heritage.