Tag: hispanics in wine

Last year, during Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanics in Wine and Uncorked & Cultured debuted The LatinX State of the Wine Industry Summit hosted by Gabriela Fernandez of KVON’s The Big Sip series. The fully-virtual event shared the impact of Hispanic and Latinx contributions throughout the wine industry and provided immeasurable resources for wine entrepreneurs, professionals, and enthusiasts. As a Latino wine professional myself, I often ...

.“I wanted to be a particular person that I saw in a restaurant. Dapper, Italian-cut suit, pointed-toe shoes, wonderful black serviette draped over his forearm, bottle held high. I told myself, ‘I can be him, I have to be him, I will be him.’” These words come from D’Lynn Proctor in the hit documentary SOMM, which follows four Master Sommelier candidates, including Proctor, through the ...