Gongs for Onkaparinga’s women of wine

Melissa Brown, chief viticulturist and co-owner of Gemtree Wines in McLaren Flat, took home the Owner/Operator of the Year Award, while Gill Gordon-Smith, winemaker and owner of wine shop/school Fall from Graceat Aldinga, won the Woman of Inspiration Award.

The annual awards, presented online-only this year due to COVID-19, are billed as the world’s only awards program for women in wine, and they acknowledge and reward the work of women in the Australian wine community, and community leaders who champion equality and fairness for all sexes in the workplace.