More than a third of whisky drinkers are female. Time for the industry to wake up to women

Female founders and master distillers are making waves in the whisky world –and more women are consuming it tooWhy wait for International Women’s Day to celebrate women? A commemorative day is a good excuse, true, but we don’t need to wait to recognise the contributions of female and female-identifying individuals to the drinks industry. Right? Right.When I put out a call on my social media to ask for the contacts of inspiring women who work in whisky, my inbox was flooded with