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Women in a man’s world

I read the ‘Women of Champagne’ feature in your December issue with great pleasure. I found it inspiring and refreshing in a world of wine that, to a 24-year-old female, seems to consist predominantly of middle-aged men.

It was with regret that I read Alexander Pelling’s letter in the to steer clear of ‘gender politics’. ‘Readers will thank you for it,’ he says.

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