While more than 11,600 wineries are operating in the U.S.—with at least one in all 50 states—Black-owned wineries and wine brands only account for less than 1% of the industry, according to ...

After Prohibition, when America’s wine industry was revitalized, John June Lewis, Sr., became the first Black American to own and operate a winery in the U.S. when he founded Woburn Winery in ...