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Art Imitates Life With ‘Kings of Napa’ and ‘Grand Crew’ Featuring Black Women in Wine

With two new TV shows, Oprah and NBC are further normalizing the presence of Black women in wine

Audarshia Townsend
ZORA
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5 min readJan 19, 2022

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Cover art of the King family, from the OWN channel’s new vineyard family drama

We’ve come a long way since Blair Underwood’s “Buppie from the bank” character did a double take in Set It

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Audarshia Townsend
ZORA
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Audarshia Townsend is a Chicago-based journalist who writes about how food & beverages impact the culture and industry. Email: Audarshia@townsendmediamagic.com