HL Wine Club Poured by H-E-B: 2 sisters, 2 continents, 1 passion
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HOUSTON – It’s Wine Club Wednesday! Today’s H-E-B wine feature has a fascinating story behind it.
Two sisters grew up across the world from each other and didn’t know the other existed. Andréa and Robin McBride were both born in Los Angeles, CA, however were raised separately in the wine regions of Monterey, California and Marlborough, New Zealand. The Sisters eventually found their way to each other in 1999 and by 2005 created McBride Sisters Collection after discovering their shared passion for wine.
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OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The McBride Sisters Collection, the largest Black-owned wine business in the United States, today announces the first round of winners of its #SHECANThrive2020 initiative, the second vintage of the brand s SHECAN Professional Development Fund. The SHECAN Fund was first founded in 2019 to promote the professional advancement of women in the wine and spirits industry.
In 2020, company founders Robin McBride and Andréa McBride John were moved to action by the extreme challenges that Black-owned businesses faced due to COVID-19 and focused the #SHECANThrive2020 investments specifically in the areas that Black women find to be most challenging to fund, including access to capital and technical support, alongside the entrepreneurial resources required to run and market a growing company. A record number of female entrepreneurs applied (1,500+) across a range of industries, from lifestyle to health &