Napa, Calif. – November 21, 2022 – Hispanics in Wine, in collaboration with Uncorked and Cultured and The Large Sip, is proud to announce the complete schedule of occasions of their second annual “LatinX State of the Wine Business” Summit, going down on December 1, 2022 at RD Vineyard in Napa, California.
Offered in a hybrid format, with each in-person and digital participation, this immersive one-day, all-inclusive trade summit serves as an academic car to share the affect of the Hispanic and LatinX contributions to the wine trade. This years’ theme, “Somos Visibles: Unheard Voices en Vino,” will give attention to celebrating the variety, perseverance, and legacy-building resilience of those communities, the spine of America’s wine trade.
The occasion will start at 10am PT and can supply partaking discussions, on-site activations and wine tasting alternatives for wine professionals, shoppers, and wine fans. There shall be a sequence of panels moderated by Gabriela Fernandez, protecting the state of the wine trade by means of the lens of the LatinX/Hispanic wine group, breakout networking periods, and an immersive walk-around tasting referred to as La Gran Cata. By means of skilled growth panels and a tasting finale celebration, the Latinx Wine Summit invitations ALL – Hispanic/LatinX people and allies – wine professionals, trade leaders, college students, and fans to take part in cultural change and community-building alternatives.
Occasion sponsors embody famend wine corporations and wineries corresponding to Kendall-Jackson, Murphy-Goode, Matanzas Creek Vineyard, Siduri, Cambria, La Crema, Duckhorn Portfolio, Conundrum Wines, RD Vineyard, Taub Household Alternatives, Colangelo & Companions, and New Frontier Wine Firm; regional and vineyard associations Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) and Mexican American Vintners Affiliation (MAVA); and meals corporations, Graze Provisions, Southside Catering and Kvaroy Salmon, in addition to monetary establishment Silicon Valley Financial institution.
The summit’s supporting group companions are The Roots Fund, The Hue Society, Raise Collective, Batonnage Discussion board, Carneros Wine Alliance, Co-Fermented, Trois Noix, Ridge Vineyards, Triennes, Turley Wine Cellars, Napa County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, A Balanced Glass, and The Botanical Bus.
Taking part wineries at La Gran Cata walk-around tasting expertise may be discovered within the LatinX Wine Summit’s La Gran Cata Market web page HERE.
The entire schedule of occasions shall be as follows:
- 8:30am – 10:00am: Registration
- 10:00am: Welcome/Opening
- 10:15am – 11:00: Panel 1 – “Constructing Your Legacy in Wine”
- Audio system:
- Arnulfo Solorio, NVFF/Solorio Farming
- Daniela Bazan, Bazan Winery Administration
- Cristina Gonzales, Gonzales Wine Firm
- Audio system:
- 11:00am – 11:15am: Transition Break
- 11:15am – 12:00pm: Panel 2 – “Pandemic Perseverance and Deep-Rooted Payoffs”
- Audio system:
- Miriam Puentes & Lola Llamas, Las Amigas Cuvee
- Armando Tam, Comidazo, It’s A Vibe Cookbook
- Nancy Ulloa, Ulloa Wines
- Audio system:
- 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Networking & Luncheon hosted by RD Vineyard and Southside Catering
- 1:00pm – 1:15pm: Transition Break
- 1:15pm – 1:45pm: Panel 3 – “Allyship “
- Audio system:
- Ikimi Dubose, The Roots Fund
- Dale Stratton, Wine Market Council
- Rebecca Hopkins, A Balanced Glass
- Audio system:
- 1:45pm – 2:00pm: Transition Break
- 2:00pm – 2:45pm: Keynote Speaker, April Yap-Hennig from Dobbes Household Estates and Q&A
- 2:45pm – 3:00pm: Closing
- 3:00pm – 5:30pm: La Gran Cata – Stroll-around Tasting Expertise
Registration to the occasion may be discovered HERE, with a ticket value of $165 per particular person; for individuals who want to attend the digital expertise, tickets may be discovered HERE, with a value of $25. A portion of the ticket gross sales from the occasion shall be donated to the newly registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Hispanics in Wine, to fund upcoming 2023 programming targeted on supporting the Hispanic & LatinX wine group.
For updates on the LatinX State of the Wine Business summit, together with future sponsorship alternatives, seminars, panelists, and extra, make sure to observe @HispanicsinWine, @UncorkedandCultured, and @TheBigSipSeries Instagram pages, in addition to the summit’s official web page @LatinXWineSummit, and web site www.latinxwinesummit.com.
About Hispanics in Wine
Based by Lydia Richards and Maria Calvert, Hispanics in Wine™ is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit group devoted to amplifying Hispanic / Latinx roots within the beverage and hospitality industries. Rooted in group and illustration, its mission is to offer academic and career-advancement alternatives to the ever-growing Hispanic and LatinX group of beverage professionals in the USA and worldwide. From a complete listing of wine professionals and strategic partnerships to an trade LatinX wine summit, scholarship alternatives, and extra, Hispanics in Wine goals to attach, amplify, and assist the ever-growing Hispanic and Latinx group, together with wine entrepreneurs, producers, sommeliers, retailers, eating places, winery stewards, and shoppers.
About Uncorked & Cultured
Uncorked & Cultured™ is a community-driven media platform and digital publication connecting Black and Brown communities throughout the diaspora by means of wine, wellness, tradition, and journey. We create authentic content material amplifying entrepreneurs, we facilitate international tradition + wellness adventures, and we advocate for range in wine by strategically connecting shoppers with manufacturers that share the identical beliefs.
About Gabriela Fernandez
“The Large Sip” is an audio-podcasting sequence hosted by Wine Down Media’s on-air character and radio influencer, Gabriela Fernandez. The sequence supplies perception on “sip” that issues, by highlighting and amplifying black and brown trailblazers breaking limitations within the meals, wine, arts, tech, and well being industries. Every present supplies listeners with a chance to study numerous leaders, trailblazers, and risk-takers pioneering a extra equitable and inclusive world by centering a wine-full and conscious dialog round their experiences, challenges, achievements, and efforts to deal with the dearth of range and inclusion all through industries which have traditionally and systemically capitalized on their labor the ultimate illustration.
