Black-Owned Wineries/Winemakers

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Thanks to everyone who responded

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The site below has listings for different aspects of the wine business, including production, import, retail and other categories.

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Robert Smith at Quixote.

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Curious what triggered the post ???

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Jet Blue celebrating Black-Owned wineries:

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I like their Zinfandel. I’ll have to look for the rose

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Someone was doing an article and needed some suggestions.

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Brown is also making a Monte Rosso vineyard wine now!

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**Neither of the two women interviewed below are winemakers or owners of wineries. However, I thought it might be nice to include individuals who work in other realms of the wine industry.

Brenae Royal is the vineyard manager for “Monte Rossi Vyd”, and Alicia Maria Kidd operates a wine import/export and distribution company.**



Radio Misfits
The Wine Makers Podcast
Episode #128: “Brenae Royal”
December 27, 2019

"This week on the Wine Makers we sit down with Brenae Royal, vineyard manager at the historic ‘Monte Rosso Vineyards’. Brenae grew up in the Central Valley of California and was originally interested in animals, in part due to her exposure to F.F.A., Future Farmers of America. Weeks into college she decided to pivot, focusing on vines and taking a job with Gallo right out of school. [EP128]

"She now runs one of the most historic vineyards in California, growing Cabernet, Zinfandel, and Semillon since 1886. She lives on the property with her dog and some pretty scary wildlife, it’s not unusual to see mountain lions and bobcats roaming the 250-acre property.

“We get into it all, style, techniques, and relationships, Brenae is an African-American woman under 30 working for a large corporation in a primarily white, older, male world. The landscape is changing, and she is a part of that movement, inclusion is key to the wine industries success and it’s important to see yourself represented
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Wine Women Blog
“Alicia Maria Kidd, The Wine Noire”
by Marcia Macomber
July 17, 2020

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Alicia Maria Kidd, founder and CEO of The Wine Noire LLC, an import, export and wholesale distribution company based in Berkeley, CA. Launched in 2017, The Wine Noire specializes in helping winemakers who are women and people of color get their wines into the marketplace, as well as directly into the hands of consumers
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Radio Misfits
Wine Women Podcast
Episode #43: “Alicia Maria Kidd, The Wine Noire”
July 17, 2020

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Dusty Baker of Baker Family Wines in West Sacramento.

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