Positively Baltimore: Philosophy Red wine’s success story
Upgraded: 11:30 AM EST Dec 11, 2022
JASON: JOINING United States NOW FOR SOMETHING THAT IS POSITIVELY BALTIMORE. COFOUNDERS OF THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND FEMALE OWNED WINERY HERE IN MARYLAND. WELCOME BOTH OF YOU. TELL ME ABOUT, BECAUSE MANY FIRST START RELATED TO YOU RIGHT NOW. THAT HOUSE TO BE A HARTWARMING EXPERIENCE. >> > > IT IS KIND OF LIKE, WHILE, WE ARE THE FIRST IN 2022? IT IS HEARTWARMING BUT WE DON’T WISH TO BE THE LAST. JASON: TELL ME WHY RED WINE? TO BE IN IT, WHY WINE? >> > > MY BACKGROUND IS IN FINANCING THEREFORE IS DENISE’S. WE MET IN ACCOUNTING. SO THAT IS OUR CORE OF OUR PATHS. BUT I ENTERED WINEMAKING AND THE RED WINE INTEREST RE– MARKET SIMPLY VOLUNTEERING AND SIMPLY DEALING WITH DIFFERENT WINERIES. ON THE GLOBE BUT AROUND BASICALLY MARYLAND. JASON: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING OUR HOME TOWN. IT WAS An ENTHUSIASM TO KEEP IT HERE, WHY? >> > > WE ARE MARYLAND GIRLS. AND WE ALSO WANT TO, PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND IS HOW GOOD MARYLAND LINE IS.– WINE IS IT SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO PUT MARYLAND WHITE WINE ON THE MAP. THEY ARE IMPROVING AND MUCH BETTER EACH YEAR. WE ARE INCREASING IN WINERIES IN THE LOCATION SO WE BOUGHT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WE HAVE GOOD STUFF HERE IN MARYLAND. JASON: WHAT IS YOUR SIGNATURE AND HOW DO PEOPLE TELL YOU OR TELL YOU APART FROM OTHERS? >> > > OUR WINES ARE TIMELESS BORDEAUX STYLE. WE MAKE IT WITH GRAPES, LIKE CABERNET, HYBRID GREAT, BUT THEY ARE DRY. JASON: WHICH FOR A LOT OF MARYLANDERS, THEY SKEW TOWARDS SWEET SO THIS IS NEW AREA. >> > > FOR SOME BUT WE ARE GROWING IN THE INDUSTRY WERE WE ARE MAKING CLASSIC DESIGN WINES. THE GRAPES GROW HERE WELL AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC GRAPES THAT GROW WELL IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. MARILYN HAS WHAT IT TAKES. JASON: DO YOU SEE MANY OTHER MINORITIES SPECIFICALLY BLACK OWNED WINERIES WHEN YOU GO TO CELEBRATIONS? >> > > UNFORTUNATELY, NOT. IN MARYLAND, WE ARE THE ONLY WE DON’T WISH TO BE THE LAST IN MARYLAND, NO. JASON: YOU ARE DOING YOUR PART TO MAYBE BRING MORE MARKET EACH YEAR? >> > > EACH YEAR WE SELECT A LADY TO TAKE PART IN OUR PROGRAM. THAT SIMPLY INCLUDES BEGINNING WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING, SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER ALL THE METHOD TO BOTTLING AND RELEASING THE WINE. WHICH IS TO GIVE THEM DIRECT EXPOSURE. WE ARE JUST DISCOVERING MORE SO THEY HAVE AN CONCEPT EXACTLY WHAT THIS RESEMBLES, THIS MARKET IS LIKE. JASON: WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT. I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WHEN I AM IN THE WHITE WINE SHOP, IT’S THE LABEL. IF THE LABEL IS COOL I’M LIKE I’M GETTING THAT ONE. >> > > DOES THE LABEL BRING IN YOUR ATTENTION? OK. JASON: HOW DOES SOMEONE FIND THEIR OWN PROFILE OF WHAT THEY LIKE? IS IT JUST TRIAL AND AIR? >> > > IT ACTUALLY IS. JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, MUCH LIKE WITH FOOD. YOU ATTEMPT IT AND SEE IF THAT SOMETHING YOU LIKE. IF NOT, YOU MOVE ONTO THE NEXT THING. ALSO THERE REMAINS IN THE PERSON IN THE WIN STORE WHO CAN ASSIST YOU. AND NATURALLY WHEN YOU ARE OUT IN THE RESTAURANT THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO WILL ASSIST YOU IN THAT DATA JASON: THE DINING ESTABLISHMENT CAN BE INTIMIDATING. >> > > A FEW OF THEM HAVE AN EXTENSIVE WHITE WINE LIST. OFTEN TIMES THEY DO HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS. >> > > OPT FOR AN OPEN MIND. SAY, HI I’M GOING TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW. JASON: IF PEOPLE WANT TO FIND YOU OR GET A BOTTLE WHERE SHOULD THEY GO? >> > > THEY CAN FIND US ON OUR WEBSITE FIRST YOU CAN ORDER THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. WE ARE ALSO SITUATED IN OFF THE ROCKS WHICH IS A BLACK OWNED WINE SHOP. SERENITY WINE BAR, THE WIND SOURCE, AND A NUMBER OF ONLINE ONLY RETAILERS. JASO
Positively Baltimore: Viewpoint White wine’s success story
Updated: 11:30 AM EST Dec 11, 2022
Kimberly T. Johnson and Denise Roles-Matthews, co-founders of the very first African American and woman-owned winery in Maryland and Baltimore, have remained in the business for about 4 years and already has ratings of silver and bronze medals in the Maryland Guv’s Cup competition. They describe what triggered their interest to begin Philosophy White wine.
BALTIMORE– Kimberly T. Johnson and Denise Roles-Matthews, co-founders of the very first African American and woman-owned winery in Maryland and Baltimore, have been in business for about four years and already has ratings of silver and bronze medals in the Maryland Governor’s Cup competition. They explain what stimulated their interest to begin Viewpoint White wine.