Sommelier Tahiirah Habibi worked her way up to top jobs in hotspots such as Michael’s Genuine, while simultaneously raising her daughter. Here, she tells us how joining forces together is the only way to break the glass ceiling and bring about lasting change
Alicia Towns Franken, executive director of nonprofit organization Wine Unify, talks to Kyla Marshell about race and diversity (or lack of) in the wine business
Following the 2023 Naples Winter Wine Festival’s record breaking auction, raising $26 million to support children in need, we meet with one of the event’s main supporters and a pioneering woman in wine, the co-director and CEO of Allegrini Group
Trusting his instincts and with an inventive, rebel spirit, Silvio Jermann has been creating unique and cultish wines at his Friuli winery, as he tells Nargess Banks
Listening intently to the land, fastidious soil mapping and a scholarly approach to viticulture, has earned the oldest Montalcino winery’s Brunello, red wine of the year. Nargess Banks visits the Tuscan estate to learn more
Chotto Matte specializes in Nikkei cuisine, a Peruvian and Japanese invention shaped by movement and migration. But how to pair with wine? We sit down with the founder, Kurt Zdesar, to explore
From the northern slopes of Mount Etna, on the foothills of Castiglione di Sicilia, Tornatore creates wines using native varieties for a clear expression of terroir. Nargess Banks visits the Sicilian winery
Through her wine program at Cooper’s Hawk, and as chair of the board of the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas, Emily Wines is making it her mission to bring diversity, inclusivity and excitement to the world of wine
His cutting-edge podcast is a departure from traditional wine industry culture, but MJ Towler is boldly thrusting forward. VOICES sits down with the renegade host for an in-depth perspective
From Notorious to The Parent Trap and Sideways, Theodora Thomas picks three distinct movies in which wine plays a leading role.
