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Urban Winemaking with Virgo Cellars
Posted by V. Sheree Williams on
Over the last five years, we have showcased a lot of great stories about black winemakers, but I have to admit, this story about Stefanie Jackson and her son Ajmal Jackson-Brown is thus far my favorite. It is not every day that you chat with an African-American female winemaker, first and foremost, in the United States who received a full scholarship from NASA to study marine biology at Jackson State University but eventually changed colleges and major going on to graduate from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in African-American studies. Oh and she speaks fluent French....