With a career background in wine I’ve been fortunate enough to taste some amazing wines but I never had much interest in doing wine like anyone else enter another lifelong passion of mine- anime

I created Anime & Wine as a community initiative to share underrated wines, small producers paired with anime. deemphasize the toxicity and gate keeping that plague both industries and emphasize what wine should be about, community and positive drinking experiences in moderation.

Good wine  + Good friends + Good anime

About me (Striker Reese)

Conventional marketing says the photo here is supposed to be me in  a powerful position, highly edited, holding a glass of wine to establish authority but I would rather show you authenticity.  This is me in 2020 at my first wine job. Insecure, nervous and tired. Thinking I didn't fit in the world of wine. I did it anyway.

It serves as a reminder to me and hopefully to you. keep going, for whatever you're dreaming of. 

Do it anyway.

2020 M.S. Management from The Catholic University of America

2021 wine scholar with The Roots Fund

WSET level 2 certified  in Wine and Spirits

Wine marketer 

2023 awardee for mentorship for black fashion creatives by No Man Walks Alone.