Ladies of the Vine & Spirits (WOTVS) is celebrating its tenth anniversary, highlighting a decade of labor advancing girls’s roles throughout the beverage alcohol {industry}. The group, based by Deborah Brenner in 2015, has grown into a world drive uniting professionals throughout all three tiers of the {industry}.
“Ten years in the past, I envisioned a group the place ladies and men in beverage alcohol may take off their aggressive hats to attach, share greatest practices and speed up industry-wide change,” stated Brenner, Founder & CEO of Ladies of the Vine & Spirits. “At present, WOTVS is a thriving world community that has made vital strides in fostering a extra gender-diverse {industry}, altering the face of beverage alcohol. This milestone displays the dedication of our Company Members and our group’s unwavering perception in our mission.”
Key Achievements and Progress
The group has expanded to incorporate greater than 160 Company Member firms and over 10,000 professionals worldwide. WOTVS has established itself as a number one instructional useful resource via weekly digital Reside Chats that includes {industry} leaders discussing enterprise improvement, innovation, and profession development.
By means of its basis, WOTVS has awarded $959,620 in scholarships to girls in 80 nations, supporting skilled improvement in meals, wine, spirits, beer, and hospitality industries.
Networking and Skilled Growth
The group maintains a world Membership Listing and industry-specific Job Board to facilitate profession development. Enterprise Useful resource Teams and the Breaking Limitations Sequence with senior male leaders present further networking alternatives, whereas Regional Occasions provide in-person connection alternatives.
Ladies Of The Vine & Spirits’, Trying To The Future
The group launched a number of pioneering initiatives, together with the ‘86 Harassment’ program, “an unprecedented industry-wide initiative aimed toward creating safer office environments within the beverage alcohol and hospitality industries.” Along with {industry} sponsors, 86 Harassment goals to create a protected, respectful, and inclusive office for all.
WOTVS additionally performed a DE&I benchmark examine titled “Ladies Elevating the Bar” in collaboration with Deloitte and created a complete C-Suite checklist of girls leaders within the {industry}.
Elizabeth Campbell Boyd, Vice President of WOTVS, emphasised the group’s forward-looking method: “Ladies of the Vine & Spirits’ tenth anniversary not solely celebrates previous achievements of the group and people of our Company Member firms but additionally serves as a renewed name to motion for ongoing advocacy and empowerment of girls within the beverage alcohol sector.
“We’re so grateful to our Company Members for his or her continued help and dedication to our shared mission and invite others to affix us in making a long-lasting optimistic impression for the subsequent decade and past.”
Anniversary Celebrations
WOTVS is marking its anniversary with a number of regional occasions all through 2024, together with gatherings at J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines in Paso Robles, Disaronno in New York, New Riff Distillery in Northern Kentucky, and DISCUS in Washington DC. The group can even preserve its {industry} presence at main occasions like WSWA Entry Reside in Denver and the DISCUS Annual Convention in Washington, DC.
