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Jessica Mozeico’s Ham Fam gathered in 2018 in California. Top row from left: Mozeico, Laura White Kolshak ’94, Amy Gibson Cooperman ’94, Susan Postlewaite Vehaskari ’94, Katherine Oliver Raphaelson ’94; Bottom row: Liz Fox Keogh ’94, Alison Rosenblum ’94, Giselle Baluarte Gordon ’94, Andrea Rasmussen ’94, Allison Phillipe Martindale ’94.
Cofounder of Et Fille Wines in Newberg, Ore., Jessica Mozeico ’95 joined women in her industry who were interviewed for a Feb. 7 article in Paste magazine titled “Toast to Female Friendship with These Women-Made Drinks on Galentine’s Day.” Here’s what she had to say:

“Over the past 34 years, my core group of 10 girlfriends from Hamilton College has helped each other navigate illness, marriage, divorce, children, infertility, empty nesting, death of parents, job interviews, job losses, and more. I’ve learned so much from the Ham Fam about love, loyalty, and lifelong friendship. And we all know that no matter what happens in our lives, we’re supported.”

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Mozeico grew up helping her dad, a software engineer, with his winemaking hobby. After Hamilton, she earned her MBA from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania and pursued a career in biotechnology marketing, eventually founding her own consulting firm. However, when the opportunity arose to once again make wine together, the father-daughter team turned in their corporate IDs. In 2003, they cofounded Et Fille — which means “and daughter” — and ran the winery together until her father’s death in 2017.

Today, Mozeico continues her vision for making “elegantly complex wine” from sustainably farmed vineyards in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. She draws her inspiration from her father’s legacy and her daughter’s future.

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