Miguel de LeoninAn Injustice!The Court Needs to Adapt or DieIn the modern era, wine education and certification are tied to systems and cultures of white supremacy, gatekeeping, and patriarchyOct 31, 20201Oct 31, 20201
Miguel de LeonHow to dismantle white supremacy in wineA how-to guide on how you and everyone else around you in the wine industry can change it for the better, one action at a timeJun 25, 2020Jun 25, 2020
Miguel de LeonActionable Items for the Wine CommunityWe are in an extraordinary position to talk about the systemic changes necessary in order for the future and survival of sommeliership and…Jun 9, 20202Jun 9, 20202
Miguel de LeonYour Not Liking Orange Wine Sounds Like a “You” ProblemTroy, Troy, Troy: this sounds like a case of what we youngs say is “yucking someone’s yum.” It’s a bad, selfish take. The overarching…Sep 8, 2019Sep 8, 2019
Miguel de Leonthe only one in the roomI was most recently at a wine conference where I was a panelist, and among the group of sommeliers they’d selected, the only one who was a…Aug 2, 2019Aug 2, 2019
Miguel de Leonclosing to openTamà is closed. In the version of what it was most currently, it won’t come back. Sad to say it, truly. But there’s hope for us yet.Jan 8, 2019Jan 8, 2019
Miguel de Leonspeaking in tonguesI’ve really only felt alienated by language when I have to resort to pointing at pictures on a menu, or more often than not, a number…May 25, 2016May 25, 2016