Bâtonnage is a forum opening up a conversation about women in wine.
Intention
Bâtonnage is the brainchild of all those who identify as women working in all the different facets of the wine industry... even (especially) those who have traditionally been overlooked or spoken over. We strive to educate wine professionals as well as wine industry supporters on the unique challenges and opportunities that women in the field--winemakers, vineyard workers, writers and marketers, salespeople, sommeliers, collectors, and drinkers--have faced both historically and present-day. We simultaneously seek to propose pragmatic solutions for charting a positive, inclusive course forward. Learn more >>
The Bâtonnage Mentorship Program is designed to stir our conversations about equality into actions that create equity.
Aim
This program serves to create a pragmatic, positive, inclusive course forward wherein individuals who have traditionally been overlooked or spoken over achieve equal opportunities achieve equal opportunities, equal representation and especially equal leadership positions within all sectors and tiers of our industry. Learn more >>
Bâtonnage
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(French) - stirring up the lees, or dead yeast and particles in a fermented wine, often to provide freshness and texture to the finished product
$7,000
Median annual wage gap between male and female sommeliers
62%
Undergraduates of UC Davis Viticulture & Enology program who are women
10%
Proportion of California wineries with a woman winemaker
photo credit: Stevie Stacionis