411: How Julia Coney Pivoted Careers to Pioneer a New Era in the Food & Wine Industry
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This week in the guest chair we have Julia Coney, award winning wine writer, speaker, & consultant. Julia wears many hats, including being the Wine Consultant for American Airlines in partnership with the James Beard Foundation, the Founder of Black Wine Professionals, a resource for the wine industry whose goal is to lift up the multifaceted Black professionals in the world of wine.
In this episode she shares about:
Being multi-passionate: how exploring a range of interests, from starting at a law firm to writing a beauty blog, has elevated her career Paving the way for diversity: how starting honest conversations about racism, equity, and inclusion in the wine industry led to being the recipient of Wine Enthusiast's 2020 Social Visionary Award Winner The power of putting yourself out there on social media: How she has created opportunities for herself like being the first Black woman to run a wine program for American Airlines
Highlights include:
00:00 Intro
04:42 Original career path and intro to wine
13:00 Navigating a switch in careers
21:39 Transition from beauty blogging to wine writing
27:06 Addressing racism in the wine industry
29:40 Sustaining financially as a freelance writer
35:00 Providing a niche wine service
41:30 Unlocking networking opportunities
45:07 Running a wine program for American Airlines
54:16 Tips for entrepreneurs
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Links mentioned in this episode
Julia’s Substack: https://juliaconey.substack.com/ Julia’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliaconey/ Julia’s email: hello@juliaconey.com
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