I have been watching white people
drink wine and pretend to know what the hell
a tannin is for decades.
But they're not the only ones who
want to get wine drunk on a weekday
and call it a book club.
Luckily, there are Black-owned businesses
who are kicking in the trellis on this exclusive industry.
So welcome to wine country.
Georgia?
[APPLAUSE]
Thought I was going to Italy.
Shit.
DULCÉ SLOAN (VOICEOVER): To learn more about shattering
the wine glass ceiling, I met up
with Chuck and La Tanya Eiland, owners of Pop
the Cork Wine Tours, a Black-owned company
that guides folks from Atlanta straight to wine town.
So how did y'all get into doing wine tours?
Did you just wake up one day and go, ooh, I love wine?
I wish I could have other people come with me
and drink it.
Anywhere we travel, first thing I want to know
is, Where is wine country?
And where are the spas?
So when we came here, and I started asking around,
Where is wine country?
We stumbled up on all of these wineries here.
But nobody in Atlanta knew about the wineries.
They didn't know.
Up in this northern tier, there's
about 38 to 40 wineries.
What? From grapes?
Yes.
Are there a lot of other Black people doing wine tours?
We were one of the first.
The last, I'd say, three to four years,
it has started to really explode.
So it's getting a little bit more colorful,
as they like to say.
Yes.
The clientele is changing.
Yes.
Were there any people that came up to do a tour
with y'all and were like, he--
hello?
Bobby, get the car.
[LAUGHTER]
DULCÉ SLOAN (VOICEOVER): Now I got
to get something off my chest.
I'm very excited to support Black businesses.
But I do have a confession.
I don't like wine.
I've never liked wine.
Why do I want to drink grape juice you
have taken the sugar out of?
Grape juice that you have made dance on a pole.
That's the reason for wine tours.
We take you out to sample wine to learn how to drink it.
And how to properly taste the wine.
Well, I've had a ton my whole life.
But we're going to, like, open up all those senses.
Show you how to use it correctly with wine.
Hey, hey, listen.
I know-- listen, y'all are a nice couple.
But you're not going to show me how to use my tongue.
OK?
DULCÉ SLOAN (VOICEOVER): Wow, people up in wine country
move fast.
I guess I got to try out some of this stuff for myself.
Our first one is a chardonnay.
This is going to be a real treat for you.
OK.
This one pairs very well with shrimp and grits.
And with that shrimp and grits, you have chardonnay nay.
We're just going to give you a little taste.
This actually opens that wine up for the bouquet
inside the glass. Now smell it.
There's flowers in here?
You want to take a little bit in your mouth.
You want to add oxygen by sucking it up through there.
And I'll show you.
I don't like a man telling me to slurp.
Tastes a little smoother.
Yeah, I guess so.
It takes a little getting used to.
DULCÉ SLOAN (VOICEOVER): Oh, yeah,
it takes some getting used to.
Chug, chug, chug.
No, sip, sip, sip.
DULCÉ SLOAN (VOICEOVER): OK, so slow drinking
does not come naturally to me.
When do we get to the food part?
When you're growing up in Italy,
you pair your wine with the food.
This pairs very well with a cheese.
Let me get some of that cheese!
Air out this cheese.
[LAUGHS]
I'mma just hit it.
Now hit your wine again.
OK.
I still don't like it.
What's the next one?
[LAUGHTER]
DULCÉ SLOAN (VOICEOVER): Damn, this wine's driving
my legs on a winter day.
When are we going to get to something sweet?
So this is wine infused with chocolate.
You just need a little bit, you know, after your dinner.
- Just like an aperitif? - There you go.
- There you go. - See?
Just cause I yell like this don't mean I don't know shit.
Do you like it?
Yeah, because it's sweet.
We already figured this out.
[LAUGHTER]
DULCÉ SLOAN (VOICEOVER): OK, so I didn't succeed
in expanding my palate.
But at least I supported a Black-owned business.
Besides, you got to embrace what you like.
And I like chocolate wine.
DULCÉ SLOAN: To chocolate wine!
To chocolate wine.
[LAUGHS]
DULCÉ SLOAN (VOICEOVER): It's great to know that wine tours
are getting more diverse.
But what about the people actually growing the grapes?
Are there any Black wineries in the area?
So there are not.
When we look at the whole country,
there's about 11,000-plus wineries across the country.
Just about 1% are Black owned.
DULCÉ SLOAN (VOICEOVER): Damn, only 1%?
That gives me an idea.
I got to open up my own Black-owned vineyard, one that
makes wine as sweet as me.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Introducing a new plant straight
out of Dulcé Vineyards.
A chocolate wine that pairs perfectly with a chocolate man.
Let your taste guide you down a sugary river of love.
Dulcé Wine-o-- we ain't got none of that dry shit.
[LAUGHTER]