Women for WineSense Honors 30th Anniversary Award Recipients
Four honorees receive Rising Star, Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Awards December 17, 2020
Soquel, Calif. (December 16, 2020) Women For WineSense has recognized four outstanding women with awards for their achievements and contributions to the wine industry. The recipients include Hall of Fame honoree, winemaker Julie Lumgair, and two Rising Star honorees, creative entrepreneur Maryam Ahmed and CEO of VineSleuth, Amy Gross. This year’s Lifetime Achievement award was presented to Gabrielle Leonhard O’Connell, Vintner and Director of Winemaking at O’Connell Family Wines.
The award recipients were meant to be honored at the Women For WineSense 30th Anniversary Grand Event this past spring, which has been postponed due to COVID-19. Instead, Grand Event Director Tracy Lynne Parker presented the women their awards outdoors, from a safe social distance.