Our Mission

Working within the wine industry can open many doors both financially and intellectually. While we have come a long way over the years promoting a more ethnically and racially diverse profession, there is much work to be done in terms of welcoming, elevating, and amplifying the voices of underrepresented minorities.

Education is the cornerstone of progress in any field because it allows people to see the many different paths down which a subject can lead.

Obstacles to education include funding, mentorship, and/or a general feeling of exclusion. Wine Unify seeks to unite all three by way of several sponsored funding initiatives for underrepresented minorities intended to:

• First, WELCOME those who have an interest in wine but do not currently work in the field.

• Second, ELEVATE and support the careers of existing wine industry professionals of color who seek further education.

• Third, AMPLIFY the diverse voices of professionals, who are they themselves underrepresented minorities, that currently exist within the wine industry.