Last week, in honor of International Women’s Day, we covered some of the interesting women involved with the wine industry. There were so many different women in France I wanted to mention that I had to break up the article into two parts! So here is Part II and some more information about notable French women who are an important part of French culture or the French wine industry.

Beaujolais

In the past, one could say that Beaujolais has been dominated by the popularity of one man’s name. These days, while that name is still very well-known, there are a host of other names that are gaining in popularity and reputation. …

Today is International Women’s Day and what better way to celebrate than with a bottle of wine with dinner tonight? And of course, it would be even better if the wine just happened to have been made by a woman. While once it was difficult to find a wine made by a female winemaker, these days women play a huge role in the wine industry. Below I have listed some of my favorite wine women who have inspired me along the way.

Alsace

While there are numerous women working in Alsace, Domaine Weinbach remains one of the standouts. Headed by Colette Faller and her daughters, this estate is recognized …

Lately there has been a lot of discussion in the blogging and tweeting world about the language that we use to talk about wine and the value of wine criticism (a topic that gets hot every few months or so). One prominent wine writer has suggested that we boil down our descriptors to two categories – sweet and savory. I find this to be a very interesting argument, as I have always found the language that we use to describe wines limiting, but not an easy solution to the current system.

I find that the problem is, and in some ways it is a good problem to have as it points to …