While the sounds of New Year’s Eve festivities are still ringing in our ears, the spirit of celebration doesn’t have to be swept away with the confetti.  In 2024, let's redefine our toasts and make every win, big or small, a cause for merriment.  And why limit the joy to just Champagne and other sparkling wines when the world of vinification is a vast and...

Angela McCrae, the founder of Uncorked & Cultured, recently organized the second annual State of Black Wine Business virtual forum in collaboration with Dr. Monique Bell. Dr. Monique Bell is known for her 2020 The Terroir Noir: Study of Black Wine Entrepreneurs. Besides this unprecedented study, Dr. Bell is an educator, consultant, and professor at Fresno State University, where she launched the university's first wine...

Join Uncorked & Cultured’s for The 2023 State of Black Wine Business: The Movement Continues, with Dr. Monique Bell. This YouTube Live event on August 24th, at 8 pm EST, highlights the challenges Black-owned wine businesses face, offering consumers practical ways to support them. Dr. Bell will present insights from 40+ interviews with Black wine entrepreneurs and share updated results from her influential Terroir Noir: 2020...

Winemaker Marreya Bailey knows a thing or two about bootstrapping.  She took a leap of faith in 2020, and quit her corporate job in Ohio to head to Sonoma County to immerse herself in the natural wine industry.  With incredible persistence, she is now the “founding mother” of natural wine brand Mad Marvlus Wine and lifestyle experience company, The Bathing Collective—which focuses on BIPOC, LGBTQ+,...

The daylight hours are longer, temperatures are rising, and the open-toe season is upon us.  With all this comes the undeniable desire to travel—the need to break free from the four walls of work or home.  Unfortunately, your friends who say they are down for a getaway keep dropping out at the last minute.  Did you already request those days off?  Then, maybe it's time...