|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technology Revolution: The Future of Now
Wednesday at 8 AM Pacific/11 AM Eastern
November 25th 2020: Encore We’ll Drink To That: The Future of Women and Tech in the Wine Industry
|
|
The buzz: Although they comprise more 50% of the population, women hold far fewer positions in the wine industry, fewer leadership roles, and fewer ownership roles. Wine expert and The Wine Bible author Karen MacNeil’s Second Annual Report on Women in the Wine Industry reveals an estimated 10% of winemakers in California are female, 7% in Washington, and 5% in New York. She closed her keynote at the 2019 Wonder Women of Wine (WWOW) inaugural conference with this advice: “My friends, men are not going to fix this. Many of them don’t even think a problem exists. The situation is ours to change
|
|
Read more
|
|
|
Tune in
|
|
Wednesday at 8 AM Pacific/11 AM Eastern Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Questions? Comments?
Call In Live!
Call-In
Toll Free: 1-866-472-5790
Intl: 001-480-398-3352
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Susie Selby
|
|
Susie Selby is the Owner and Winemaker of Selby Winery in Healdsburg, California. A winemaker in the prestigious Sonoma County appellation for over twenty years, Susie has received numerous awards and accolades internationally, has made wine for actors and athletes, and has been featured in the White House under three administrations. Susie is also a published author and an accomplished speaker. She has a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from George Washington University, where she currently sits on the Board of Advisors.
|
|
Read more
|
|
|
Sharon Cohn
|
|
Sharon Cohn is the co-founder of Breathless Wines. Breathless Wines is a boutique family winery, founded in 2017 in Healdsburg, CA, by the love of three Sonoma County sisters, Sharon Cohn, Rebecca Faust, and Cynthia Faust, and the passion for life that their mother passed down to them. Breathless is about celebration and rejoicing the occasions that take one’s breath away. The sparkling and lauded venture is in honor of the sisters’ Mother, Martha, who encouraged dreaming big -- and to never take a single breath for granted. The “glitz, glamour and panache” behind the bubbles of Breathless, Sharon is the “feet on the street” traveling with the bubbly far and wide to meet with restaurants and
|
|
Read more
|
|
|
Jane Uttley
|
|
Born in London, England, Jane Uttley has enjoyed over 23 years in the wine business. Jane is the owner of Unfiltered Unfined Wines, a Florida fine wine importer and distributor. Jane founded her company in January 2008 and is based in Fort Myers, Florida. Unfiltered Unfined Wines distributes wines throughout the state of Florida and sells to on and off premise accounts from The Panhandle to The Keys and everything in-between. Jane began her career in Sydney, Australia working for Sheridan, a high-profile home furnishings company, working her way up to the position of National Sales Manager, where she hit the glass ceiling. In 1997 Jane decided that it was time to follow her passion and found
|
|
Read more
|
|
|
Karen Maley
|
|
Karen Maley has spent over 25 years in the wine business. She is currently the General Manager of Robert Young Estate Winery in Sonoma County, overseeing Sales, Marketing, and Production of a high end, family-owned, DTC business. She began her career at Procter and Gamble, then entered the wine business working for Gallo in their International Sales and Marketing division, including overseeing Asia Pacific operations in the growth phase of the mid-1990s. She was a founding partner in Stryker Sonoma, a boutique Winery in Alexander Valley. Karen also has 10 years’ experience leading wine start-ups for major corporations, including a canned wine partnership between Universal Music and Anheuser
|
|
Read more
|
|
|
|
Share This Episode
|
|
|
Connect with VoiceAmerica
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
