Mumbai: Female wine experts display their skills at special event

MUMBAI: In an attempt to break the "snobbery" around wine consumption, Austrade and the department for trade and investment South Australia organised a women-only wine workshop on Monday, the eve of Women's Day.
Master of Wine Sonal Holland, an accomplished sommelier and wine program ambassador for South Australia, guided participants through the 'Sip & Learn' event of March 7.The workshop was curated to enable women to pour and drink wine with confidence. Sarah Storey, Australia's deputy high commissioner to India, and Catherine Gallagher, minister commercial and head of Austrade South Asia attended.
Elsewhere, other achievers who have stormed the male bastion include mixologist Sonali Mullick, head of operations at Hitchki and Bayroute, who took inspiration from her mentor Shatbhi Basu.
Mullick followed her passion for mixing innovative cocktails and designing the bar menu, and is today a reputed expert in her field.