Headlines trumpeted the news when Sandra Day O’Connor donned judicial robes as the first woman Supreme Court Justice of the U.S. in 1981 and when Sally Ride launched into space as the first U.S. woman astronaut in 1983.
In sharp contrast, in 1965, without fanfare, a young woman from Sacramento, California, broke a gender barrier that not only enabled women to compete successfully with men in an elite profession but also welcomed them into the daily lives of countless Las Vegans.
Who was she? MaryAnn Graf. What did she do? She received the first degree in Viticulture and Enology ever awarded to a woman by the prestigious University of California at Davis and paved the way for hundreds of women to compete equally with men as winemakers. They’ve brewed a quiet storm in the U.S. wine industry, and you’ll find their wines adding variety to Las Vegas restaurant wine lists and enjoyment to dinner tables from Lake Las Vegas to Summerlin and beyond.

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