Uncorked

At the end of 2025 a few experiences stirred up memories I didn’t expect to revisit. In early December while sitting in the audience at the Massachusetts Conference for Women, listening to Mel Robbins speak candidly about a business failure that nearly devastated her family, I felt it in my body. Real, physical pain. Then, just weeks earlier, hearing that one of my mentors—Urban Grape—was closing its doors reopened a wound I thought had long healed. It brought me right back t

For the past 27 years, I have dedicated my work to supporting the underrepresented and women creators in wine and spirits—helping them build loyal consumers through curated events, conferences, travel experiences, and media exposure. The pioneering efforts of Divas Uncorked in the early 2000s laid the foundation for this mission, and I’m proud to continue the journey through the Sipping Sense brand. At Sipping Sense, our mission is to increase the number of underrepresented p