Women have scored some exciting achievements lately in the political, sporting, and human rights realms, and why not? We make up 50 percent of the population, so it shouldn’t be surprising that a woman’s ingenuity, talent, and fortitude would produce social ripples or even full-throttle world change—although she may still have to get it done “backwards and in high heels,” as they say. With women winemakers, however, it’s more like up the slope and in rubber boots. Why is it that women winemakers still aren’t that common? Winemaking is hard work, but we know most women don’t lie around on chaise longues eating bonbons, so that’s not the issue. Still, whether through family inheritance, career change, or sheer determination to excel in a career normally practiced by men, our women winemakers are hitting their stride and making wines of which anyone would be proud.

When I started in the wine business, it didn’t occur to me that a wine made by a woman would be unusual. I just tasted and drank, learning the stories of the winemakers and how the wine was made. But I pay more attention now, and here’s your chance to do the same. We offer this assortment of delicious wines, all made by women, to accompany us as we tango backwards into the twenty-first century. –Jennifer Oakes

2014 Vouvray Sec “La Dilettante” • Catherine Breton, C. & P. Breton $24.00
2015 Bandol Rosé • Agnès Henry, Domaine de la Tour du Bon $30.00
NV Brut 1er Cru “Cachet Or” • Angéline Templier, Champagne J. Lassalle  $39.00
2004 Côte-de-Brouilly • Nicole Chanrion, Domaine de la Voûte des Croze $35.00
2008 Les Baux de Provence Rouge “Cornaline” • Dominique Hauvette, Domaine Hauvette
2012 Fitou “Atsuko” • Valérie Guérin, Domaine Les Mille Vignes $77.00

Normally $252.00
SPECIAL SAMPLER PRICE
$189
(a 25% discount)