“People told me I couldn’t do it,” Lampley says. “I didn’t have a license. I didn’t have a vineyard. Within three years, I did everything people told me I couldn’t do. And today, eight years later, my wine is sold in major retailers including Target, Wal-Mart, and Total Wine & More.” Lampley may make it sound easy, but she says it was a long, hard road and she made her way by forming one key relationship at a time. “There are not a lot of Black women in the wine industry. I had to fight for my place and I’m still fighting,” she says. Click here for the full story
