Breaking Barriers: Millennials, Diversity, and the Future of Wine with Isis Daniels
About this episode
Isis Daniels discusses the future of wine through the lens of millennials and diversity.
She is the real deal. Isis Daniels, The Millenial Somm, can tell it like it is. There is no "fluff"here, just the facts maam. I was taken not only by her level of expertise but also by her ability to convey honest positions with honest feelings; a bit rare in today's social-network society. In other words, this is no AI Somm. When you invite ISIS Daniels, the Millennial Somm herself, into your headphones, you'd best expect more than wine talk—you're headed for a technicolor journey through bottles and generations, biases and breakthroughs. You'll quickly discover ISIS Daniels isn't interested in the labels on the front of the bottle so much as the stories—and sometimes the battles—behind them. What compels a millennial to upend the starchy old script of wine appreciation, to create a space that feels as fresh and inclusive as a porch with friends instead of a paneled tasting room? You'll learn how ISIS Daniels made wine her own, bringing in family members who never drank or never understood why it mattered, and, in the process, carving out new cultural spaces with every pour. You'll hear how a simple bottle from 7-Eleven, or a cringe-worthy supermarket staple, might be the…
Topics covered
- Millennials
- Diversity
- Wine Appreciation
- Cultural Spaces
Keywords
- wine
- somm
- inclusivity
- storytelling
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