Known as the "Queen of Burgundy," Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy created some of the most sought after wineries in the world and ushered in an era of biodynamic farming.

Meet the wine pioneer whose winemaking story began with the vengeful murder of her husband.

"There are thousands of different grape varieties out there to only be confined to only a handful. I’d say keep an open mind and don’t be afraid to explore outside your comfort zone. "

"We need to focus on educating the consumer about organic production methods so they can push their retailers, who push their distributors, who then push the wineries and vineyards to grow grapes without Round-Up or harsh pesticide chemicals."

"I don’t think I ever would have connected how much wine truly comes from the vineyard until I saw grapes come in with part of the vineyard on them; including ants, dust, grape leaves, etc."

"For the sake of the wine industry and humanity itself, it's time for all business owners to step up if they haven't already and do whatever they can to find sustainable solutions."

"We need folks to look to the future of the vineyards instead of looking at, What can the vineyard give me this year?"

"Luckily, making wine is thirsty work."

"Making consistent, high quality, well scoring wine is easy. Selling wine is much harder."

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"If 70% of wine is purchased by women, then we should have that kind of representation on the shelf."