Full Name
Robin McBride
Job Title
Cofounder & President
Company
McBride Sisters Collection
Speaker Bio
Robin serves as the Board Chair and President of McBride Sisters Wine Company, a
multinational organization headquartered in Oakland, California. It is in the top 1% of volume,
largest Black-owned wine company in the United States, as well as one of the most inclusive,
accessible, socially aware and sustainable. Robin and her sister began importing wines from
New Zealand in 2005 and started making their own wine together in 2009. By spring 2017, the
pair were producing wine from their hometowns in Monterey, California, and Aotearoa, New
Zealand under one label, McBride Sisters Collection. In 2018, they launched Black Girl Magic
Wines, a celebratory wine brand paying homage to women in their family and community, and in
2019 the sisters debuted She Can Wines, a premium canned wine in 2019 on International
Women’s Day. Robin serves as a Board Chair for the McBride Sisters SHE CAN Professional
Development Fund, which she founded in 2019 with her sister Andréa. Since its inception the
fund has awarded over $3M in scholarships, grants and technical training to 3,000 professional
women in wine & spirits, hospitality and finance. In 2021, the fund partnered with Southern
University of Louisiana as their flagship HBCU, to create a career pipeline for diverse students
into the wine industry. Robin and Andréa were the first Black women winery owners on the
cover of Wine Enthusiast magazine and were nominated for the Wine Star Award for the US
Winery of the Year in 2021. Robin resides in the San Francisco Bay Area and has three children
Daneia, Domenic and Angelo who all have pursuits in the wine and food industries.
multinational organization headquartered in Oakland, California. It is in the top 1% of volume,
largest Black-owned wine company in the United States, as well as one of the most inclusive,
accessible, socially aware and sustainable. Robin and her sister began importing wines from
New Zealand in 2005 and started making their own wine together in 2009. By spring 2017, the
pair were producing wine from their hometowns in Monterey, California, and Aotearoa, New
Zealand under one label, McBride Sisters Collection. In 2018, they launched Black Girl Magic
Wines, a celebratory wine brand paying homage to women in their family and community, and in
2019 the sisters debuted She Can Wines, a premium canned wine in 2019 on International
Women’s Day. Robin serves as a Board Chair for the McBride Sisters SHE CAN Professional
Development Fund, which she founded in 2019 with her sister Andréa. Since its inception the
fund has awarded over $3M in scholarships, grants and technical training to 3,000 professional
women in wine & spirits, hospitality and finance. In 2021, the fund partnered with Southern
University of Louisiana as their flagship HBCU, to create a career pipeline for diverse students
into the wine industry. Robin and Andréa were the first Black women winery owners on the
cover of Wine Enthusiast magazine and were nominated for the Wine Star Award for the US
Winery of the Year in 2021. Robin resides in the San Francisco Bay Area and has three children
Daneia, Domenic and Angelo who all have pursuits in the wine and food industries.
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