#14/2018
FROM GENDER BALANCE IN EDUCATION TO IMBALANCE IN INDUSTRIES
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Last week’s newsletter looked at the role of women and the beer industry, from its invention to the evolution of the industry and what the industry presently looks. But what about the wine and champagne industry? Has it historically been male-led?
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WINE AND CHAMPAGNE INDUSTRIES, DIFFERENT AND SIMILAR AND STARTING TO CHANGE
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The wine and champagne industries offer a wide range of roles that all impact the success of a vineyard that not only include the obvious, the winemaker, but also the sommelier, the grape geneticist, the vineyard sales representative, the enologist, and the viticulturist, just to name a few that make up the industry. So there are a variety of opportunities and of course gender should not be regarded as a restriction because at the end of the day to work in these industries it is really down to dedication of time, money and sweat.
Over the last 30+ years, the number of women graduating from the specialized winemaking schools and related degrees has increased to now representing about a 50/50 gender divide. However, this ratio doesn't seem to remain when it comes to the actual industry practice. This article brings to light some thoughts on the gender disparities between education and working in the industry. |
An inspirational and insightful blog post from Karen Macneil, the author behind The Wine Bible, on building a career in the wine industry as a woman.
Have a look at the results of the very first international survey of women in wine revealing some quite interesting insight into the industry.
Let's put a spotlight on some of the women in the industry.
* South Africa’s first black female wine maker and some other South African female wine makers.
* And in Argentina, here are some female game-changers.
* In Spain, here are some women working on breaking the boy's club of the wine industry.
But what about Champagne? This story seems to be very different as regards the historical level.
The last 200 years of Champagne history is owing to the women who shaped it. Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, more famously known as Veuve Clicquot, is the first female champagne producer. It is most likely that Madame Clicquot was a role model for the many other women of the region (Pommery, Bollinger, Roederer, and Laurent Perrier, for example).
And if there is one article you should read in this newsletter it is this one by the Harvard Business Review. A study looking into the differences in how women and men in the Champagne industry work.
Have a look at the results of the very first international survey of women in wine revealing some quite interesting insight into the industry.
Let's put a spotlight on some of the women in the industry.
* South Africa’s first black female wine maker and some other South African female wine makers.
* And in Argentina, here are some female game-changers.
* In Spain, here are some women working on breaking the boy's club of the wine industry.
But what about Champagne? This story seems to be very different as regards the historical level.
The last 200 years of Champagne history is owing to the women who shaped it. Madame Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, more famously known as Veuve Clicquot, is the first female champagne producer. It is most likely that Madame Clicquot was a role model for the many other women of the region (Pommery, Bollinger, Roederer, and Laurent Perrier, for example).
And if there is one article you should read in this newsletter it is this one by the Harvard Business Review. A study looking into the differences in how women and men in the Champagne industry work.
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Published in August 2018.