Sip, Spin, Savor at Vinyl with Chamaine

Send us Fan Mail Chamaine Wofford has been building things since she was a teenager, but opening Vinyl Wine Bar & Shop may be the hardest thing she’s ever done. She joins Siobhan to talk about growing up gifted and ambitious in South Carolina, spending 12 years in speech therapy, raising children as a single mom, developing her palate through travel, and bootstrapping a destination wine bar at Alameda Point. They dig into being underestimated as a Black woman, learning to step away from your own business before it steals your joy, and what happens when the strong woman doing all the nurturing realizes she deserves to be nurtured too. Plus: small-producer wines, Champagne with caviar and truffle chips, Depeche Mode, a few opinions about Napa, and the belief that hospitality matters even more in a world where so many people are lonely. Good wine. Good music. Good vibes. No proving you belong. Support the show Thanks for hanging in the pond, my ducks 🐤 Where we keep it honest, casual conversations about serious sh*t, and somehow still find a way to laugh through it. If you felt something, send it to someone you love… or someone who might need a little push. Follow along: https://www.instagram.com/duckingrealitea/ And go out there and find your joy, even if it’s a little chaotic. Stay curious, stay joyful… you’re deeply loved, my ducks.