Article: Thailand's wine gets a woman's touch.(Food)

KHAO YAI, Thailand, July 31, 2009 (AFP) - Strolling by row upon row of grape vines nestled in the lush green Asoke valley, the first Thai female oenologist explains why she thinks women are naturally better winemakers than men."First of all women have better taste perception than men," Nikki Lohitnavy says, with a smile. "And paying attention to small details, I think sometimes guys don't do that."She walks on through her family's GranMonte vineyard, which sits by the mountainous Khao Yai National Park 155 kilometers (96 miles) north of Bangkok, to the winery that she set up in December.The ten-year-old estate used to take its grapes to a neighbouring vineyard which had ...

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