Wine of Queens and Queen of Wines — How diversity will conquer Champagne
5 min readNov 18, 2020
There are not enough women in the wine industry. That is FACT.
In 2020 only 27% of wineries in France are run by women. This certainly has increased since my birth year (the horrible vintage of 1987) when there were less than 14%, but it highlights the fact that it’s an industry that with not achieve parity any time soon.
As a woman working in the champagne business for the last 10 years, I have seen my fair share of sexism. Men offering to buy my wine in exchange for sexual…