Women Winemakers

By: Treve Ring

People

It's criticial to think about where your wine came from, including whom it came from.

In light of International Women's Day this month, we are highlighting some of the recently tasted wines made by women winemakers that have inspired us at GOW (like Donatella Cinelli Colombini, photographed above).

Thanks to the many trailblazing women who came before, lead now, and inspire a future in which all women, and wine, will rise to even greater heights.

92/100Bruno Giacosa Nebbiolo d'Alba 2021Piedmont, Italy

95/100Catena Zapata Adrianna Vineyard White Bones Vino de Parcela Chardonnay 2021Gualtallary, Tupungato, Valle de Uco, Tunuyán, Central Region, Mendoza, Argentina

93/100Champagne Bruno Paillard Dosage Zéro N/VChampagne, France

91/100Champagne Gosset Grande Reserve Brut N/VChampagne, France

91/100Craven Wines Pinot Gris 2022Stellenbosch, Coastal Region, South Africa

93/100Donatella Cinelli Colombini Brunello di Montalcino Prime Donne 2019Tuscany, Italy

93/100Elena Fucci SCEG 2021Basilicata, Italy

91/100Jansz Premium Rosé N/VTasmania, South Australia, Australia

91/100Las Moradas de San Martín Senda 2020Madrid, Spain

92/100Le Vieux Pin Syrah Cuvée Violette 2022Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

94/100Mason Vineyard The Matriarch Pinot Noir 2022Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada

90/100Moraine Pinot Noir Sophia Vineyard 2022Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

93/100Mullineux Old Vines White 2021Swartland, Coastal Region, South Africa

91/100Ramos Pinto Porto RP10 Quinta de Ervamoira 10 Year Old Tawny N/VDouro Valley, Northern Portugal, Portugal

91/100Solvero Chardonnay 2022Garnet Valley, Summerland Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

93/100Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label 2019Coonawarra, South Australia, Australia

88/100Yalumba The Y Series Viognier 2022South Australia, Australia

Written By: TR

Treve Ring

Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor, judge and speaker, and perpetual traveller. She is based on Vancouver Island, Canada, though is most often found on a plane or in a vineyard. After completing her Art History degree with Distinction from the University of Victoria and being exposed to the world of wine business at Christie’s in London, England, she switched gears, leaving the realm of art for the world of wine. She is a certified sommelier, WSET diploma holder, Champagne Master, Wine Scholar Guild instructor, and certified Sherry instructor, and has been presenting on wine internationally since co-founding Cru Consultancy, a boutique wine education and consultation company, in 2012. She is the current Chair of the Vancouver Island Sommelier Association.