>> WELCOME BACK. TO OUR TRAIL BLAZING WOMEN'S SERIES. INTRODUCING YOU TO INCREDIBLE FEMALE LEADERS BREAKING BARRIERS FOR THE FUTURE OF ALL WOMEN. >> TODAY'S TRAIL BLAZERS ARE ROBIN AND ANDREA McBRIDE. CO-FOUNDERS AND CEOs OF THE McBRIDE SISTERS WINE COMPANY. >> IT'S THE LARGEST FEMALE BLACK OWNED WINE COMPANY IN THE U.S. ALEXIS HAS THEIR STORY. >> FULL TIME, WE HAVE AROUND 60 AND WE HAVE SEASONAL PEOPLE THAT COME IN FOR HARVEST >> FOR HALF SISTERS ANDREA AND ROBIN McBRIDE, THE LOVE OF WINE IS IN THEIR DNA AND TURNING IT INTO A THRIVING BUSINESS. >> WE HAD TO FIGURE THINGS OUT ON OUR OWN. >> TWO BLACK WOMEN IN A MALE-DOMINATED FIELD MAKING HISTORY. >> THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AND BIAS. >> THE McBRIDE SISTERS WINE COMPANY IS THE LARGEST BLACK-OWNED AND FEMALE-OWNED WINE COMPANY IN THE U.S. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW A BOTTLE OF WINE WITH YOUR FAMILY'S NAME ON IT? >> WE WERE AT A RESTAURANT AND SITTING NEXT TO A FAMILY THAT WAS DINING. THEY ORDERED A BOTTLE OF WINE THAT WAS OURS. THEY CHEERS. IT WAS AMAZING. >> THERE'S 8,700 WINERIES IN THE U.S. LESS THAN 1% ARE BLACK OWNED AND 14% ARE WOMEN OWNED. >> WHY DO YOU THAT IS? >> IT'S LIKE FINDING LIKE-MINDED FOLKS. A CHANGE IN DIVERSITY HAS BEEN COMING. >> THE McBRIDE SISTERS CREATED IS SHE CAN FUND TO SUPPORT FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS. THAT FUND HAS AWARDED $3 MILLION IN GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS INCLUDING ONE TO FERN STROUD. SHE SAYS WINNING THE $10,000 GRANT KEPT HER BUSINESS AFLOAT DURING THE PANDEMIC. >> LITERALLY CHANGED THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR BUSINESS. LIKE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH PLACES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THAT. THANK YOU. >> THIS YEAR THE FUND IS FOCUSED ON THE NEXT GENERATION. >> WE REACHED OUT TO SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS A LARGE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY AND HBCU. WE FLEW OUT PEOPLE TO THE NAPA WINE REGION TO HELP INTRODUCE BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS TO WINE MAKING. >> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO SEE STUDENTS THAT LOOK LIKE YOU IN THIS INDUSTRY? >> REPRESENTATION IS EVERYTHING. >> MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A SHARE CROPPER IN MISSISSIPPI. MY GREAT AUNT WORKS AS A DOMESTIC IN NEW ORLEANS. SO TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY TO SAY NOT ONLY CAN YOU WORK IN THE WINE AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY BUT THERE'S A PLACE FOR YOU HERE IN CALIFORNIA. >> IT'S NOT LOST ON US THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE IMPACTFUL IN THESE WAYS. IT'S WHAT KEEPS US GOING. >> 95% OF THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE WOMEN, INCLUDING HEAD WINE MAKER, FITTING FOR TWO SISTERS THAT DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER UNTIL LATER IN LIE. >> I WAS 25. I THOUGHT I WAS AN ONLY CHILD. >> THEY GREW UP ON OPPOSITE END OF THE WORKS. ONE IN NEW ZEALAND, ONE IN MO MONT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. THEIR SHARING FATHER HAD A DYING WISH TO CONNECT HIS DAUGHTERS. >> I REMEMBER THIS PERSON WALKING OFF THE JET BRIDGE. IT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY. THAT'S MY SISTER. I'M SEEING HER FOR THE FIRST TIME. I GET SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT THAT. >> I KNOW. >> IT'S BEEN SO LONG AND STILL MAKES ME WEEPY. >> WHY DOES IT BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS. >> WE LOST OUR FATHER. I LOST MY MOTHER. I THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY CHILDREN. >> WE BONDED IMMEDIATELY. >> TWO SISTERS CLIMBING THE VINE OF SUCCESS AND TRANSFORMING THE WINE INDUSTRY ONE GLASS AT A TIME. >> WHAT WOULD YOUR DAD THINK ABOUT THE TWO OF YOU FINDING EACH OTHER AND BUILDING THIS BUSINESS TOGETHER? >> HE WOULD BE YOU'RE THE LARGEST GREAT BLACK OWNED. LET'S GET TO BE THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST. >> THEY'RE TRYING TO GET OUR ATTENTION TO THE CAMERA. WE CAN'T STOP WATCHING THE PIECE. >> I WAS WONDERING, WHERE IS THE MODEL? I HEARD IT SOMEWHERE. >> OR I'M A FAN OF THEM. WOMEN'S PALATES ARE DIFFERENT. SO TO HAVE WOMEN-MADE WINE IS AGAIN -- FANTASTIC. >> AGAIN, THANKS FOR THAT REPORT. YOU CAN FIND THE McBRIDE SISTERS WINE AT MAJOR GROCERY CHAINS NATIONWIDE. >> THEY