Wine & Chisme

Wine: Encanto Wines 2017 Sauvignon Blanc BIO: Jasmine Ruiz is a Comedian, Writer, and Performer born and raised in the Bronx, educated at Barnard College of Columbia University. She creates content mostly focused on the NYC experience and being Puerto Rican. She has an episodic series Dr. G The Gangsta Therapist and produces a variety of other skits under The Jasmine Show. She cohosts The Rick H....

Wine: Seis Soles White Blend, 2020 BIO: Natalia Molina is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Her research explores the intertwined histories of race, place, gender, culture, and citizenship. She is the author of the award-winning books, How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Powe...

Wine: Encanto Vineyards, 2016 Pinot Noir, Carneros Valley  BIO: Claudia is an artist, writer, philanthropist, abundance coach, mentor, mother, and wife. During her career as a journalist, she has worked for magazines and television in South America and the US, touching subjects from parenting, forgiveness, and growth to political issues. She started her career on television at 17 years old as an a...

Wineries Featured Include: Aldina Vineyards Bazan Cellars Ceja Vineyards Encanto Vineyards Gallegos Wines Herencia del Valle Honrama Cellars Tierra y Vino  We also talk to El Coraloense Restaurant, Mike Cano with Latinx Wines, Christina Sanchez, V.P. of Community Engagement for AltaMed. 

Wine: 2021 Beaujolais Nouveau Georges Duboeuf BIO: Yasmín Ramirez is a 2021 Martha's Institute of Creative Writing Author Fellow as well as a 2020 recipient of the Woody and Gayle Hunt-Aspen Institute Fellowship Award. Her fiction/CNF works have appeared in Cream City Review and Huizache among others. She is an Assistant Professor of English, Creative Writing, and Chicanx Literature at El Paso Com...

Wine: 2017 El Viajero Cabernet Sauvignon by Voces Cellars  BIO: ASTRID - Astrid Ferguson is a certified life and business coach, author and poet specializing in helping people navigate through unclear transitions by abolishing internal blocks so they can take control of their work/life balance and get back to having fun. She has written two anthologies Molt and The Serpents Rattle and has a podcas...

Wine: El Potrillo Pinot Noir, 2017 by Honrama Cellars BIO: Joshua Santiago is a barber from North Philadelphia that provides free haircuts for the homeless. He grew up in a family that either sold drugs, did drugs, or both. He has been able to turn his life around after spending much of his youth in and out of incarceration. His grew up in a home where both of his parents were addicts and his moth...

Wine: Seis Soles Red Blend BIO: As a young Latina woman, I have many times experienced first hand the daily difficulties that woman face and the struggles they go through when climbing the corporate ladder. My name is Diana, I am from Medellín Colombia and that used to be my reality, just like it probably is for many of you around the world. Only recently I understood the importance of inner stren...

Wine: La Granja 360 (A Vegan Wine) BIO: Daisy Romero is the founder and owner of El Cholos Kid, a line of purses and bags that are weaved from recycled plastic with care and love, showcasing the beauty of Mexican traditions through traditional weaving perfected through generations. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elcholoskid/ Popshop Live passcode: baaags

Wine: 2020 Seis Soles White Blend  BIO: Meg Medina is a Newbery award-winning and New York Times best-selling author who writes picture books, as well as middle grade and young adult fiction. Her works have been called “heartbreaking,” “lyrical” and “must haves for every collection.” When she’s not writing, Meg serves on the Advisory Committee for We Need Diverse Books, the grassroots organization...

Wine: RG|NY White Merlot BIO: Asante Sefa-Boakye, aka, Santé Prince is a local Hip-Hop Artist, Musician, Educator, Mentor, Coach & Philanthropist from San Diego, CA. He has spent the majority of his creative career performing at venues such as the Music Box, House of Blues, the Observatory opening for acts such KRS-One, Slum Village, Black Star, & many others. His passion & performance have found...

Wines: 2016 Encanto Pinot Noir & 2015 Encanto Estate Cabernet Sauvignon  BIO: Enrique Lopez, Founder and Proprietor of Encanto Vineyards was born in the small Pueblo of El Espiritu, Michoacán México in 1961. As a child Enrique grew up learning his ancestral craft of cultivating agricultural land. He was eleven years old when he first came to America with his family and farmed garlic in the fields...

Wine: Herencia del Valle, Merlot 2013 BIO: Born in Brazil to parents from Colombia and Bolivia, Juan Medina immigrated to the United States at a young age. He was raised by a single mother and graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Economics. He also has an MBA from the University of Chicago. He worked for Amazon for eight years prior to launching Lalo in 2020.  Website: lalo.a...

Wine: Seis Soles White Blend BIO: Luz works as a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant. She is a sought-after emotional intelligence expert, speaker and consultant. Through her business, EQ Refined, Luz offers businesses and organizations ways to increase their employees Awareness and Emotional Intelligence in the workplace by attaining self-directing tools, strategies, and training.  She us...

Wine: Trader Joe's Pinot Noir Reserve, 2016 Bio: Veronica was born in Ensenada and has had the opportunity to live on both sides of the border. She has worked in the hospitality industry for over 20 years and uses her binational experience to curate tours through Valle de Guadalupe, the premier wine country of Mexico, located in Baja California.  Through her work with her company All About Wine ta...

Wine: LIBERTÉ, Cabernet Sauvignon Paso Robles 2017 BIO: Mozo Cruz is an Afro Dominicano, born and raised in Brooklyn NYC. He is a father, husband and person who wants to make the world a better place. He is on a mission to turn toxic masculinity into healing masculinity one conversation at a time. Instagram  

Wine: 2019 Pinot Noir, Fathia Wines As the host of The Wine & Chisme Podcast, I ask people to share their journey with me. The good. The Bad. The ugly. But I can't expect people to share the various facets of their journey with me if I am unwilling to share mine. As a self-diagnosed eternal optimist, I let that optimism turn into toxic positivity. Once I admitted how scared I was to myself, everyt...

Wine: Scielo NY Tinto 2014 by RG|NY Wines BIO: Born and raised in Los Angeles, Vicky Loza is a Mexican-American entrepreneur, ISSA certified personal trainer and fitness expert who believes that movement can change your life. Since starting her wellness journey in 2013, she has committed herself to a life led by health and fitness.  Vicky’s dedication and perseverance have led to her hosting a nat...

Wines: RG|NY, White Merlot 2018  Scielo NY, Tinto 2019  Scielo NY, Sparkling Riesling 2019 BIO: RG|NY is a family of winemakers with a deep regard for their heritage. Their Mexican roots bring a unique perspective to their business. They value their family's tradition of wine-making and aim to foster the Rivero González legacy as they enter this new chapter.  Maria Rivero González is the CEO of RG...

Wine: Vesa O Reserva, 2020 Organic Rosé, D.O. Valle de Rapel Chile BIO:  Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Julissa Prado is the Founder & CEO of Rizos Curls, a clean hair care line aimed at embracing and celebrating the beauty of curls, coils and waves everywhere!  After years of making her own curly cocktail and being the “curl whisperer” within her community, Julissa decided to launch...

This episode is a first and doesn't feature a wine but Mocel Mezcal!  BIO: Rosalinda Mendoza is CEO and Co-Founder of Mocel Mezcal, an e-commerce company that delivers ultra-premium artisanal mezcales to your home to create a shared tasting experience. Rosalinda was born and raised in rural Washington to farmworker immigrants from Michoacán, Mexico. Between growing up in the farmlands of Washingto...

Wine: Fathia Wines, 2019 Carneros Valley Pinot Noir BIO: Sergio Ortega is on a personal mission to help everybody be mindfully intune with not only themselves, but also with their surroundings. His purpose is to consult the minds of all those willing to take a load of stress off of their plates through breathing techniques, mindful exercises, & I AM affirmations. These mindful techniques will help...

Wine: 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon, St. Helena, Vinos Unidos  BIO: Vinos Unidos came together as a group of friends and neighbors who love wine. They believe in supporting their friends and family and go even further to support our community by creating scholarships for college students pursuing degrees in enology, viticulture and culinary arts. They choose the name, Vinos Unidos or United Wines, to sh...

Wine: 2019 Pinot Noir, Fathia Wines BIO:  Rebecca Contreras is the author of Lost Girl – From the Hood to the White House to Millionaire Entrepreneur, which recounts her journey from becoming a welfare-dependent teenage mother to advising a sitting president, to driving a successful 100-person company.  Rebecca is a social and business entrepreneur who spent nearly twelve years with the George W....

Wine: 2018 Sauvignon Blanc, Herencia Del Valle  BIO: Jorge Narvaez is a father of 3, fatherhood case manager and content creator. For the past couple of years he has been active on and offline to spread his message of Family, Community, Art, Music and most importantly Fatherhood! Instagram