SIX years ago The Fabulous Ladies' Wine Society began a campaign to increase Australian wine industry gender diversity, estimating that female participation was 38 per cent, with only about 10 per cent in leadership and senior roles.
The society founder and chair, wine publicist and communications consultant Jane Thomson, says it hasn't been possible to update the estimates, but she believes there has been improvement. She points to the latest figures from universities that show 50 per cent of winemaking course graduates are female. I say if the three crackerjack reds reviewed below are any guide, there are now an encouraging better than 10 per cent women in leadership and senior roles.
