Wisdom From The Women Leading the Wine & Spirits Industries, with Irena Patar Of Single Married Divorced

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Less than 20% of winemakers and distillers are women. Traditionally, women were excluded from these industries. This number is slowly rising as more women choose to study this profession and enter the wine and spirits fields. What is it like for those women who work in this male dominated industry? What are some of the challenges that these women face? Is there hope for better representation, and better wages, for women in the wine and spirits industry? As a part of our series about women leading the wine and spirits industries, we had the pleasure of interviewing Irena Patar, Founder of Single Married Divorced Sparkling Wine.

Irena Patar is Founder and CEO of Single Married Divorced, LLC, a new sparkling wine brand sourced from France’s Loire Valley that celebrates life regardless of relationship status. Born in Tblisi, Georgia, she arrived in the U.S. at age 7 and eventually took a job as a computer programmer at a global…