Wisdom From The Women Leading the Wine & Spirits Industries, with Meredith Sarboraria of Barrel Down Wine Services and Winemaker for Rodrigue Molyneaux Winery

An interview with Kelly Reeves

You would think that this is intuitive, but educate, educate, educate. I think a lot of people just want to skip over that part and get to the good stuff right away, but that usually results in a tough time hitting your goals. If you’re going to ignore being prepared in this way, you should expect to start at the bottom and learn as you go.

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…