Policy & Issues

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion in Wine

Australian Grape & Wine will continue to lead the sector in Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Wine (DEIW) by driving uptake on the DEIW Charter for the Australian wine sector. 

Much has happened since the Charter and Action Plan were created in 2019. As such, Australian Grape & Wine have re-established a new Committee for DEIW. The Charter has been updated to reflect current society, while planning and strategic alignment for the Action Plan for the sector is under review.

DEIW Committee Statement of Intent

The Charter

Signatories to the Charter

Australian Grape & Wine continues to seek greater diversity, equality and inclusion in the sector, requiring all Committee members to become signatories and support the principles in the Charter. Members of Australian Grape & Wine will be encouraged to become signatories and support the principles in the Charter.

To sign up to the Charter, click on the relevant link below:


For Businesses – Become a signatory to the Australian Grape & Wine Diversity and Equality Charter

For individuals – Become a signatory to the Australian Grape & Wine Diversity and Equality Charter

Current Activities:

We are pleased to confirm Wine Australia has agreed to fund the first step in the DEIW Workplan, being the Benchmarking Research for diversity, equality, and inclusion, and is seeking request for proposals (RFP) to undertake a scoping study on gender equality in the Australian grape and wine sector, in order to:

  1. identify and analyse existing available data, consider data gaps and propose an optimum future state;
  2. better understand where the challenges and opportunities lie which will lay the foundation for informed decision-making and actions, with roles and responsibilities clarified; and
  3. identify, share and amplify practical strategies, resources and existing success stories.

Our next steps from here will be looking at how to fund the second phase of the DEIW workplan, namely Developing a Toolkit for business tools, guidelines & policy templates


We need your support to spread the word. Tag us in with #DEIW on your socials and watch this movement grow.


Watch the response to DEIW (then DEW) at the AWITC Session 3 of the Outlook Conference – Getting the Foundations Right, Monday 22 July 2019: Watch Session 3 – Getting the Foundations Right.


DEIW Committee:

Ali Laslett – Australian Grape & Wine (Chair)
Lee McLean – Australian Grape & Wine
Rachel Triggs – Advisory Board, Australian Women in Wine
Corrina Wright – Olivers Taranga
Emily Hay – Pinnacle Drinks
Helen Strachan – Pernod Ricard Winemakers
Angie Bradbury – Bradbury&Co
Nikki Palun – Octtava Wines
Mardi Longbottom – Australian Wine Research Institute
Cath Oates – Oates End

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