wine’s hidden colonial history needs to be uncorked
- Written by Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre, Professor of History, Trinity College

Around a thousand people are gathered in Washington DC for Wine + Culture Fest, a four-day celebration of the black wine experience featuring black winemakers, sommeliers, chefs and enthusiasts. Wine connoisseurship has a reputation for being largely white, male and European, so the idea of a black world of wine might seem...