MBA | DUAD, Universitie de Bordeaux | Wine Educator & Speaker | Entrepreneur

Sharon fell in love with wine at 20, while studying abroad in Bordeaux. That journey led her to Château Haut-Brion, to the DUAD wine diploma program, and eventually to founding RARECAT Wines. She is the only American woman vintner producing estate wines in Napa Valley, Champagne, Bordeaux, and Russian River. As Director of Winemaking, Sharon overseas production of all of RARECAT's wines.

Before wine, Sharon thrived in tech, leading sales for a search engine company that went public, launching a startup that raised over $3 million, and working as a tech investor and executive. Sharon has used wine to bring together thousands of professionals, particularly women, and was named one of Worth Magazine’s 29 Most Groundbreaking Women Changing the World and Most Innovative Women in Wine.

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