, exactly. >> albiera antinori: to be mentioned. >> alessia antinori: it's true. i went to agricultural university in northern italy, in milan, we were two women. and the rest were all men. very lucky. >> safer: for six centuries, command of the antinori empire was passed from father to son. but with no male heir, the marchese, some years ago, sold a major stake in the business to whitbread, a british company whose fortune was based on beer- making. >> piero antinori: it was the period when i didn't know exactly if my daughters would be interested or not to be involved in the business, and so for me, that was a way to guarantee a continuity also to the company. >> safer: but the partnership produced mainly grapes of wrath: it was a vintage clash between the foaming suds of quick profits and piero insisting he'd sell no wine before its time. this marriage of inconvenience ended when piero bought back the shares, keeping antinori all in the family. >> albiera antinori: i think he saw us interested and said, "why not? what's wrong with girls?" and so took his chance