In addition to being Napa Valley’s first Black winemaker, Coleman is also the first Black woman to graduate from the University of California, Davis enology/viticulture program. She explained to WBUR that being the only Black woman there presented a unique set of challenges. “I didn’t have the friends or the study groups that I would have liked to have had,” she said. “That made it difficult.”
Despite the difficulties she may have faced in her early wine education, Coleman continued confidently down her career path. After graduating, she settled into a role at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars as a production assistant to the winemaker. She also spent time in Bordeaux, France atIn 2008, Coleman met Randy Wulff, wine proprietor at Lobo Wines, who essentially hired her on the spot. It was a fateful meeting, as Coleman has been producing wine for the winery ever since.
“It’s the wine that’s most interesting — where you actually take a sip and you’re thinking about it,” she told WBUR. “You’re actually having a conversation about it with yourself or others.”In addition to her love of crafting wine, Coleman is working hard to ensure that other people of color have access to viticulture and enology education. “I am working with a small team to fund scholarships for industry training and education for people of color.
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