Women winemakers: Bodega J. Miquel Jané
In May I had written about the National Womens Wine Competition and the overall white winner from Spain. Recently I heard from another awardee from this competition, Bernadetta Miquel, of Catalan winery J. Miquel Jané. This winery won a double gold best of class medal for their Blanc de Blancs 2006.
Bernadette handles multiple roles: managing director of the family winery, succeeding her father José Miquel, the current president; head enologist, wife and mother of two young children. Bernadetta and J. Miquel Janés Export Director Ana Efford were excited about the NWW Competition as an opportunity to gain recognition in the US and as a reflection of the increasing visibility women are gaining in a such a traditional industry as wine making.
Congratulations on the award to Bernadette and her team. Here's hoping it leads to more inroads in the US and other markets.
posted by Steven Tolliver 3:59 PM
3 Comments:
Thanks for sharing this information Steve. Although it doesn't happen as often as we would like, we are very excited to see that female Spanish winemakers are gaining some of the much deserved limelight. Congratulations to both Bernadette and her team for a job well done!
Hi steve, a late reaction to an interesting subject. Is this competition going to be repeated in 2009? I certainly would like to send in some of our Casavides wines, made by Ana Martin Onzain. Let me know!
Emilio
Hi Emilio,
I believe that 2008 was the second or third year for this event, so my guess is that they'll repeat it in 2009. Let me know if you enter the Casavides wines.
Best regards,
Steve
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