It's taken a decades upon decades for women to be accepted in the inner circles of so many different types of groups that it shouldn't come to any kind of surprise that they had previously been snubbed from even wine groups, but times are a-changin' in Sydney and the rest of the world.

REMEMBER the days when a waiter would automatically hand the wine list to the man at the restaurant table?

It might still happen in many circles but times are changing rapidly, leading wine industry women report.

The male club attitude surrounding wine is an out-moded mindset, says Brown Brothers brand manager Katherine Brown.

"There's been a shift in women being interested in wine,'' Katherine Brown  says.

"We all know from studies that women are the prime buyers of wine in retailers.

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