The Drinks Business
08 March 2021 By Emily Robotham
While there is still a way to go before gender equality is achieved and sexism is stamped out of the wine industry, the trade is making positive progress towards becoming a more inclusive and meritocratic sector, as
Emily Robotham discovers.
For many who work in wine, lockdown has provided an unsought moment of reflection that has led to important conversations about the opportunities available to women working in the industry, and the intersection between gender, race and new technologies.
In October 2020, a collection of private messages edited to look like a newsletter from an anonymous source using the alias ‘wineb tch’ circulated on Twitter, the provocative contents of which caused offense to many members of the trade, not least those who were targeted in the posts.
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The 12 year old had open heart surgery when she was just ten years old Author: Maggie Wedlake (WQAD) Updated: 11:08 PM CST February 24, 2021
DAVENPORT, Iowa With music filling the Burchett house on a Tuesday afternoon, it’s difficult for Monica Burchett to remember what her daughter has been through saying, “It’s hard to go back and think about that day. We’re so fortunate to have a daughter that came home with us.”
Anne Burchett is 12 years old. She had open heart surgery when she was just ten, in 2019. The procedure was for a partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; also known as a PAP-VR.