2024 ROSES AND ROSÉ AWARDS
2024 HOSTS
MARYAM
RAY SHOLES
2024 AWARDEES
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Abe Zarate
IMPACT AWARD
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The Veraison Project
NON-PROFIT OF THE YEAR AWARD
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Brianne Cohen
EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
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Black Girls in Media
MEDIA-PUBLICATION OF THE YEAR
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Melba Wilson
FOUNDER’S AWARD
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Christa Barfield
FOUNDER’S AWARD
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Erica Duecy
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
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Wine on The Wheels
HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR
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Jermaine Stone
INDUSTRY PIONEER
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Dine Diaspora
VISIONARY OF THE YEAR
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Dwight Phyall
EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
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LEGEND
IMPORTER-DISTRUBUTOR OF THE YEAR
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Amethyst Ganaway
CHEF OF THE YEAR
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The Vino Van
WINE TOUR-GUIDE OF THE YEAR
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Dave & Lois Cho
WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR
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Michael Ross
BARTENDER-MIXOLOGIST
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The Rosé Hour
PODCAST OF THE YEAR
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Jay Syrah
INLUENCER-CREATOR
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FINE WINE SERIES
CONFERENCE-PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
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The Pour Up Wine Bar
INNOVATOR-WHO’S GOT NEXT
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HAPPY CORK
RETAILER OF THE YEAR
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Noir Sunshine Winery
WINERY-BRAND OF THE YEAR
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Kelly Mitchell
SOMMELIER OF THE YEAR
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Maia Parish
SOMMELIER OF THE YEAR
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DMV
CHAPTER OF THE YEAR
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LOVELEE WINE
ROSÉ OF THE YEAR
2024 VOTING COMMITTEE
Desiree Harrison-Brown
Wine Educator, Content Creator and Founder of The Wino Shop
Dwight A. Phyall
DEI Wine Professional , WSET 3
Rania Zayyat
Managing Partner + Wine Director, Bufalina Pizza Founder and President, Lift Collective
Sommelier, Co-Founder of Contento Restaurant and Beaupierre Wines, Co-Founder Wine on Wheels
Yannick Benjamin
Sedale McCall
Wine Writer and Journalist, WSET 2, American Wine Expert, Certified Specialist in Wine.
Chasity Cooper
Author, Writer, Wine Culture Expert and Speaker.
Fern Stroud
Founder, Black Vines
Reggie Leonard
Wine Judge, Virginia Wine Ambassador