Wine & Chisme

Wine: Aldina Vineyards, Chardonnay BIO: Cadena is the Spanish word for chain. It is their belief that women are not bound by societal chains or expectations of the roles they should play in the modern age. When women unite like chains, they are stronger, powerful and more resilient. Cadena also happens to be the street name of the home in Mexico, in which owners, Mabel and Alejandra took their fir...

Wine: 2018 Cramoisi Vineyards Pinot Noir BIO: Pedro Chavez is an immigration attorney who grew up in Brownsville, TX and now lives in Tijuana, MX. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Fear of Return, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that helps find refugees attorneys. They are dedicated to finding novel solutions to the refugee crisis through universal representation of asylum seekers. F...

Wine: Aldina Vineyards 2019 Chardonnay  BIO:Marissa López is Professor of English and Chicana/o Studies at UCLA, researching Chicanx literature from the 19th century to the present with an emphasis on 19th century Mexican California. She has written two books: Chicano Nations (NYU 2011) is about nationalism and Chicanx literature from the early-1800s to post-9/11; Racial Immanence (NYU 2019) explo...

Wine: Reserva Rosé, Valle de Raphael, Chile  BIO: Originally from Cuba, Leysa Carrillo is a vibrant hair colorist and Curly hair expert based in Las Vegas, Nevada with over 12 years of experience. She is a nationally recognized industry leader for her hair color transformations on textured hair and continues to pave the way with her artistic flair and creative techniques. As the founder of Forever...

Wine: 2019 Aldina Vineyards Chardonnay BIO: Leticia Amaya is the first out of 9 children to attend college and earn a graduate degree. She grew up in Watts, Ca. She is a New York City educator with over 15 years of experience looking to change the world one child at a time. She specializes in teaching reading intervention and working with bilingual children. She is passionate about anything litera...

Wine: Solorio Family Wines 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon BIO: Liz Hernandez is a Mexican American Emmy-nominated television personality and journalist. As a former radio host and entertainment reporter for Access Hollywood, E! News and MTV, her career is built on words, but no chapter is more meaningful than the one she is currently living with WORDAFUL, a video and live event series that focuses on the...

Wine: Herencia Del Valle Sauvignon Blanc BIO: Yazmin Castañeda was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Tijuana, Mexico. This unique experience allowed her to enjoy a bicultural upbringing which helped shape her admiration for her culture and heritage while embracing the opportunities in America.  Her unique upbringing was full of challenges that she would later learn to embrace as gifts...

Wine: Javier San Pedro, Tempranillo Rioja 2018 BIO: Kristin Quiroz Bayona is a podcasting expert who teaches business owners the strategies and action steps for creating a highly engaged podcast in order to turn listeners into customers. She is the Executive Producer and Host of two podcasts, Explorer in You and Podcast & Amplify. As a Latina, she believes it's time for women of color to grab the...

Wine: 2018 Cramoisi Vineyards Pinot Noir The Wine & Chisme Podcast was created to share the stories of everyday people doing extraordinary things to serve their community. Our host, Jessica Yañez brings her love for wine and passion for storytelling together to highlight the stories that need to be told from communities of color. Chisme (Spanish for gossip) comes from the interviewees themselves a...

Wine: Chardonnay, Raybourne Russian River Valley, 2019 BIO: Araceli Vazquez is a personal/private chef and San Diego native who is taking the city by storm with her culinary expertise. Her main focus is to bring not only delicious food to the table but also to create an extraordinary culinary experience. Website: https://www.kitchenprodigy.com Instagram  

Wine: Aldina Vineyards Chardonnay, 2019 BIO: Taylor M. Tieman, Esq. is an attorney and founder of the Legalmiga® Membership, an accessible legal services membership created specifically for small business owners and entrepreneurs, She assists and advises her clients on how to legally protect their brands, services, products & content through the effective use of preventative measures and legal str...

Wine: 2014 Jose Wine Caves Zinfandel BIO: Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, her first monograph “Out There” published by Pointed Leaf Press in 2013, was the recipient of the Best Book Awards in both the Art and Design Categories. In 2015 Brito was selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20...

Wine: Famille Perrin, 2020 Côtes du Rhône Réserve  BIO: Stephanie Moran Reed is a nationally certified Activity Director dedicated to helping seniors attain the best possible quality of life. In 2016 she started her first business, Senior Sensory, a Los Angeles-based service that provides purposeful and stimulating activities for seniors. She received her ADC (Activity Director Certified) status t...

Wine:  BIO: Rachel Matos is the CEO of Blue Lotus Collective - a digital marketing agency focusing on social media and influencer marketing. She is also a co-founder and the Chief Marketing Officer of MyCajita - a subscription box service featuring artisan products.  Los Angeles-based, Rachel is one of the nation's top strategists and consultants specializing in Latinx influencer marketing and str...

Wine:  BIO: Sarita is an empowerment coach, passionate about inner-work, talk show host, mindset coach, and founder of Sarita Wellness. What first began as a journey of self exploration has since boomed into a full grown business. She is on a mission to redefine self-care in the BIPOC spaces. She guides women to reclaim their power and go from disconnected to deeply connected all via self-care thr...

Wine: Famille Perrin, 2020 Côtes du Rhône Réserve  BIO: Marissa Daniela is a content creator and marketing professional that was based in La Habana, Cuba. As a cuban American living on the island with her educational background in political philosophy, Marissa focused her content on telling the story of everyday Cubans who voices could not be heard and the diaspora in the world wanting to connect...

Wine: Seis Soles Red Blend, 2019 BIO: Anna Cabo is the creator of Amour360 Skincare. Diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and realizing how everything we put on our skin is absorbed buy the skin, she created a skincare line that approaches beauty from a wholistic point of view, beyond skin and the “filtered beauty” standard. Made with non harmful ingredients. Social Media: Personal Instagram Amour...

WIne: Vignobles Lacheteau Pouilly-Fumé 2018 BIO: Lucia Gabriela helps individuals and couples to master their life, relationships and intimacy with themselves and others. As a Relationship and Intimacy Coach, Lucia Gabriela creates a sacred and safe space for individuals and couples to build conscious relationships and meaningful intimacy in their life. As an Emotional Somatic Therapist and Tantra...

Wine: 2019 Aldina Vineyards Rosé BIO: Aldina Vineyards pays homage to Al and Dina Lopez. Their label represents their life motto, to “always use the best quality materials to create the best quality product.” Our parents have instilled family values and hard work throughout our entire lives. Our goal is to reflect those values by creating Sonoma County’s premier Cabernet Sauvignon.  Al himself per...

Wine: 2018 Llamas Family Carneros Chardonnay BIO: Llamas Family Wines was founded in 2009 and is committed to making exceptional wines from the Napa Valley. They feel fortunate to be living the “American Dream”. Many family members came from Mexico to the United States in search of a better life. Originally ranchers from Jalisco, Mexico, the family migrated north to farm fields, orchards and viney...

Wine: Herencia Del Valle, Sauvingon Blanc, Napa  BIO: In 1997, Guillermo married Angelica, a Mexican-American from Napa Valley with roots in Guadalajara. Her parents were local vineyard managers, and Guillermo aspired to follow in their footsteps. In 2007, he started a farming company that gradually led to vineyard management, and in 2012, Guillermo and Angelica began using their hard-won skill se...

Wine: El Potrillo Pinot Noir by Honrama Cellars, 2019 BIO: Honrama: "A Celebration of Opportunity, Labor, Resolve, and the Bond of Generations". "The journey of every wine begins in the vineyard, with the grape. The beauty of every wine is crafted from the souls and hands of those who tend the vineyards, pick the grapes, and cultivate the nectar. Just as every family is crafted from the souls and...

Wine: Esfuerzo Wines, 2019 Grenache Rosé, Santa Ynez Valley BIO: Dali Rivera is the creator of the Anti-Bullying & Diversity Academy (DABA), a series of online mini-courses and in-person workshops for parents, guardians, and educators to learn how and what to teach their kids about bullying and how to embrace others’ differences as well as their own in order to promote equality.  Dali is also a U....

Wine:  BIO: Norma is a former attorney, New York Times published writer, and social entrepreneur. She is the founder Fabian Flores, a Latinx-focused publisher. Website: https://www.fabianflorespublishing.com/links Instagram New York Times article

Wine:  BIO: Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz (the hyphen is silent) is a Salt Lake City-based, AfroLatinX writer/director, whose emphasis on character marks culture as integral to identity, but second to story. His work mirrors the frail and current socio-political climate with tongue-in-cheek dialogue and nuanced behavior that give characters depth and relatability, distinct but somehow common--a feat t...