Angela Chapman - AKA “Sharkey” originally went to college for a metalsmithing degree but quickly realized that, although cool, metalsmithing was not a viable career path. Without much direction in her life, she ended up getting a job at a liquor store where she discovered a passion for wine and spirits. While there, she got her WSET level 3 certificate and started doing wine education as a side hustle. During this time she became more and more interested in winemaking itself and became determined to make it a career.

In 2014, Angela came to Lost Oak Winery in Burleson, TX. Her dream was to become a winemaker and work with Jim Evans who was the Lost Oak Winery Winemaker.

However, she was not put into production right away. She started out as the Wine Club Manager and over the years worked in various positions at Lost Oak including Operations Manager. In 2020 the tasting room was shut down due to Covid and there wasn’t much for Angela to manage. Lucky for her, an opportunity opened up in wine production and she was able to transition over to Assistant Winemaker under the tutelage of Jim Evans. She is now a winemaker and couldn’t be happier.