Forget playgroup, mum and baby wine tasting is the hottest way to spend maternity leave

Champers and Pampers-style events have boomed across the country (Picture: Getty Images)

I sit perched on the edge of my seat, a glass of wine in one hand and my nine-month-old on my knee.

Chubby hands reach out, not for his brightly coloured rattle, but for my friend’s glass of Chardonnay. Wine sloshes precariously in my own glass as I haul him away. The rattle falls to the floor and I struggle to hear what the sommelier is saying over his cries. Is this the Australian summer favourite? Can I taste what now? 

I wouldn’t usually drink in the middle of the day, but I’m at a ‘bring your baby’ wine tasting, a day-time wine tasting event for parents where babies aren’t just tolerated, they’re invited.

It may seem ironic, that while Read Entire Article