ELIZABETH SMITH Since her first harvest in Pennsylvania in 2003 until today, Nova Cadamatre, MW, has worked as a winemaker for two of the worldâs major wine brands at various wineries in California and New York, founded a family winery with her husband, Brian, in the Finger Lakes, and is set to launch a Finger Lakes project with Naked Wines, the companyâs first foray into New York wines. During these 18 years, she also became the first U.S. woman winemaker to earn the Master of Wine qualification, got married and started a family. Cadamatre, originally from Greer, South Carolina, was initially drawn to viticulture and winemaking at the behest of Brian when they were dating. âGirl meets boy," she said. "Boy decides to go to college in New York, so girl decides to look at that option as well. Boy says âWe should start a vineyard. My family in Italy did it so it canât be that hard.â Girl says sheâll look into it. Girl looks into it and falls in love with grapevines.â