ALL of the Swirl Suite comes together to talk with Cha McCoy. An engineer turned wine mogul, Cha is the Founder of Cha Squared LLC, a consulting company with a focus on tourism, gastronomy, and hospitality experiences, education and training.  In 2012, she achieved her MBA in Italy; an opportunity which led her to drink and eat in close to 20 countries. As an expat, she has fostered wine relations and created experiences in the following wine countries: Italy, Spain, France, USA (California and NY), Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Hungary and now Portugal.

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On this episode of the Swirl Suite, Sarita & Tanisha talk with Christa Clarke Owolabi of Cubicles to Cocktails. Christa founded Cubicles to Cocktails in 2017 after experiencing gaps in her own ability to obtain professional + leadership development that met her needs. Conducting her own research and speaking with her peers, she discovered that many ambitious, millennial career women, especially women of color, faced the same issue— a lack of development opportunities that address their unique career needs and the barriers they experience.

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On this episode of The Swirl Suite, Sarita chats with world traveler, Nadeen White. Blogger by Day, Physician by Night, Nadeen believes in living life to the fullest. Her love for travel has taken her to destinations near and far. Her books are based on her award-winning travel & lifestyle blog-The Sophisticated Life. The Sophisticated Life covers affordable luxury travel, culinary travel and wine regions around the world.

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Writer, Steven Laine joins the Swirl Suite to talk about his connection to wine and his new thriller, Root Cause.

Steven Laine is from Ontario, Canada and has dual Canadian and British citizenship. He has travelled the world working in luxury hotels for international brands including The Ritz, Hilton, Starwood, Marriott, Jumeirah and Pan Pacific. When he was Beverage Manager of a five star hotel in London, he learned all about wine and has since visited over one hundred vineyards and wineries in Napa, Sonoma, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, Lebanon, Australia, and South Africa. As the only North American ever invited to be a Member of the Champagne Academy, he had the privilege to visit and learn from the major Champagne Houses in France. His circle of friends is made up of winemakers, Masters of Wine, Master Sommeliers, restaurant managers, and wine lovers and distributors from all over the globe.

Steven’s debut novel, Root Cause, will be released on February 19, 2019, published by Turner Publishing. Steven currently lives in Singapore and is now working on his next novel Dragonvine.

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We conclude our series from Black Wine Experience with 3 major interviews!

1. Dr. Chris Wachira and Chadwick Spell of Wachira Wines - Wachira Wines is a woman owned winery and a culmination of the extraordinary vision and effort of Dr. Chris Wachira, the first Kenyan-born, Californian winemaker, distributor, importer and exporter. Her story is about the love of her home country and the ability to succeed through adversity. While working her way through college, earning her Doctorate, and dedicating her life to Clinical Outcomes research, Chris fell in-love with the science of winemaking. She developed a deep appreciation for the sense of community and bridges built from sharing a bottle of wine with complete strangers.
2. Paula Harrell of Harrell Wines - Paula, a California native was introduced to wine while studying abroad. With Napa Valley just a stone’s throw away from San Francisco, Harrell decided to spend time getting to know more about wine, the grapes and the process. She eventually purchased a timeshare there and began working events at different wineries and spending a lot of time with winemakers. As her affinity for wine grew, so did her desire to share what she knew with others but wasn’t quite sure what that looked like outside of going wine tasting with family and friends and sharing over the dining table.For family gatherings, she became the go-to person for selecting wine and it was one particular dinner and selection that sparked it all.
3. Isiah Thomas of Cheurlin Champagne - NBA legend Isiah Thomas discovered champagne after winning the 1989 NBA Championship. Known for his business savvy and philanthropic endeavors as much as his storied athletic career, Isiah and his wife Lynn wanted a healthier, great tasting champagne without the added sugar. Isiah is quick to point out, “it had to be reasonably priced and it definitely couldn’t come with a headache the next day. It took years but that’s exactly what we found in Cheurlin Champagne.”

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On this episode of the Swirl Suite, we chat with Mohamed Moretta and Larry Boone. Mohamed Moretta has taken the entertainment industry by storm. This Dominican-Haitian- Italian from Brooklyn, New York has used his multi-cultural background to become one of the world's most innovative Songwriter - Producer- Re-mixer - DJ -On Air Personalities. And now he makes Champagne.

Lawrence Boone Selections was originally intended to be an import company offering exclusive artisan wines sourced from small family-owned wineries in Spain, but we could not find anyone to distribute our wines once we got them to the States. He was fed up and decided to take it upon himself to distribute not only his wines but all alcohol products I felt were underrepresented in the market.

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The Swirl Suite podcast joined The Hue Society at The Black Wine Experience in New Orleans! The entire weekend was epic and we have the audio to prove it! We talked to so many great blacks in wine. The interviews will be broken up into episodes. The first guests are vineyard manager, Brenae Royal; diversity & marketing professional, Derek Epps & winemaker, Jennifer McDonald.

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On this episode of the Swirl Suite, Sarita talks spirits with GG of the Oprah Rose podcast. GG gives the scoop on her position at Remi Cointreu and whats its like working for such a big brand. She also dives into how the Oprah Rose podcast has changed through the years.

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This week on the Swirl Suite, we talk with Christopher McMullen aka Seth Brundle of cooking show, Butter and Brown. A celebrity stylist, fashion writer and collaborative designer, he describes himself as an artist who gets to paint people with beautiful clothing, having worked with some of your favorite entertainers. The Morehouse College alum didn’t hone his culinary skills at a fancy cooking school. Instead, his expert skills were developed watching endless hours of Food Network and experimenting in his own kitchen like a mad scientist. 

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Happy Wine Wednesday! On this episode of The Swirl Suite, Sarita & Tanisha talk with expat and fellow podcaster, Emily Dilling. Emily, originally from California, has called France home for the last fourteen years. A writer who is passionate about food and the people who grow and make it, she runs ParisPaysanne.com, a blog dedicated to discovering Paris markets and French terroir. She can often be found exploring Paris’s craft coffee, beer, and food scene, tasting wine and making beer in the Loire, or growing tomatoes in her garden.

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Come see us at the Summer Solstice.

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