Wine & Chisme

Wines We're Drinking:
Apothic Red Dlend (Erika)
2018 Kavrelli, a dry red from the country of Georgia (Jessica)
Jessica and Erika Sanchez are back after a summer hiatus for the monthly Chisme roundup. They catch up on Erika's trip to Ireland and Jessica's slow, HVAC-schedule-dictated summer, then get into Jessica's AI short-drama addiction, including the comparison she ran through Claude between telenovela-style plot mechanics and MAGA rhetoric. They talk BTS fandom, how they each actually use AI as solopreneurs, why September 30th is a loaded date (Hispanic Heritage Month, International Podcast Day, and the Wine Brand Directory's 5-year anniversary), sponsorship real talk, the VMAs, and Macklemore walking away from Ed Sheeran's tour over his Free Palestine comments.
In This Episode We Cover:
[00:08] Kicking off the monthly Chisme with Erika after a summer hiatus, plus Wines We're Drinking
[05:20] Catching up on their summers: Erika's trip to Ireland and Jessica's slow, HVAC-schedule-dictated season in San Diego
[11:47] Falling down the AI short-drama rabbit hole, and the MAGA storytelling comparison Jessica ran through Claude
[26:20] Erika's family goes full BTS fan mode at MetLife, plus how they each actually use AI as solopreneurs
[38:52] Why September 30th matters: Hispanic Heritage Month, International Podcast Day, and the Wine Brand Directory's 5-year anniversary, and being "over" heritage months
[50:52] Shouting out Erika's two years on Chisme, and real talk on sponsorships (Ulta, Coca-Cola, and turning down MoneyGram)
[59:17] VMAs recap: Madonna, the George Michael tribute, and Adam Lambert stealing the show
[1:15:07] Macklemore walks away from Ed Sheeran's tour over Free Palestine comments
[1:27:00] What's next (rereading The Hunger Games, revisiting The Devil Wears Prada 2) and wrapping up
Connect with Erika Sanchez:Instagram: @erikasanchezNYC (unconfirmed, verify before publishing) and Braid CommunicationsHandles pending confirmation
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Sin prisa. Sin vergüenza. Con vino.

Wines We're Drinking:
Jessica is drinking a 2021 Petite Syrah from Suspiro WInes
In this episode of Wine and Chisme, host Jessica Yáñez chats with Luzy King about money trauma, generational wealth, and practical steps Latinas can take to reclaim financial freedom. They mix wine talk with insights from Lucy’s book Cash Libre, covering mindset shifts, the FEEL framework, investment basics, family money systems, and ways to support community-owned businesses.
Listeners get actionable tips; start small with investments, prioritize financial and emotional health, plan with partners, and consider estate and investment strategies.

Wines We're Drinking
Jessica: 2023 Vino Blanco from Para Wines, a Latino owned winery in Oregon
Damian: Be Free non-alcoholic rosé (Bevmo, under $10 a bottle)
Jessica sits down with Damian Pelliccione, Hollywood's only openly non-binary CEO and co-founder of Revery, the first queer, certified minority owned and operated streaming media company. Damian breaks down what a drag king actually is, gives the inside scoop on King of Drag Season 2 premiering September 20th, and gets honest about building a media company from nothing with three co-founders from wildly different backgrounds. The conversation moves through coming out to an immigrant Italian family, the $1.7 trillion in LGBTQ+ spending power, the Target boycott, and watching ICE activity in his own East LA neighborhood. Pour a glass, this one covers a lot of ground.
Content note: this episode includes discussion of immigration enforcement (ICE) and its impact on immigrant communities, plus anti-trans legislation and political attacks on the LGBTQ+ community.
In This Episode We Cover
[00:00] Intro, name pronunciation banter, and meet Damian Pelliccione
[01:19] Wines We're Drinking: Be Free non-alcoholic rosé and the alcohol-free mixology boom
[12:03] Pronouns, allyship, and holding space with intention
[20:07] Chisme break: phone addiction, digital distraction, and choosing to unplug
[28:26] What is a drag king? Breaking down the art form and the King of Drag origin story
[42:16] Coming out to an immigrant family and building Revery from a hotel room idea
[53:31] The hardest part of building a queer and POC owned company, and why diversity accelerates innovation
[1:04:26] LGBTQ+ buying power, the Target boycott, and Latina Power chisme
[1:11:08] Trans safety, the King of Drag national tour, and real allyship
[1:17:17] ICE in his East LA neighborhood, fashion as protest, and where to watch King of Drag
About Damian: Named one of Business Insider's top power player execs in video streaming, co-founder of Revry, GLAAD Media Award winner for Drag Latina, and a graduate of the Goldman Sachs Black and Latinx 2020 Accelerator Program.
Connect with Damian Pelliccione
Reverie: www.reverie.com
King of Drag Season 2: premieres Sunday, September 20th on Reverie
King of Drag National Tour: www.kingofdragtour.com
Mic Drop podcast: streaming on Reverie
Instagram: @damianmedia
@kingofdragtv
Connect with Wine & Chisme
Website: www.thewineandchismepodcast.com
Instagram: @thewineandchisme
TikTok: @thewineandchisme
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Wines We're Drinking:
Campo Viejo Rioja Reserva 2018 (Tempranillo, Rioja, Spain, about $15-16 at the grocery store)
Seis Soles White Blend (Albarino and Grenache Blanc, Lodi, California, about $18)
Kicking off Season 7 with a Latina podcast conversation that finally gets into the food side of our culture. Jessica sits down with Monti Carlo, three-time Telly Award winner, cookbook author, and Senior Editor of Food and Dining at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for a wide-ranging talk on being Puerto Rican in a Mexican-majority San Antonio, the divorce and financial free fall that led her to a MasterChef audition with pies packed in a diaper box, and how she built a career spanning Netflix, Food Network, PBS, and the James Beard Foundation from there. They dig into her cookbook Spanglish, a love letter to bicultural Puerto Rican cooking, why Puerto Rican food is fried the way it is, and the Spanglish mashups she's created, from bacalaito onion rings to morcilla sloppy joes.
In This Episode We Cover:
[00:00] Welcome to Season 7 with Monti Carlo, AJC Senior Editor of Food and Dining
[04:12] What's in the glass: Campo Viejo Rioja Reserva and Ces Soles white blend
[13:49] Being Puerto Rican in a Mexican-majority San Antonio, and the "Latino food aisle" problem
[26:35] Rock bottom: divorce, debt, and a diaper box full of apple pies
[36:47] MasterChef, imposter syndrome, and what Gordon Ramsay gave her
[47:07] Keeping the sazon: Puerto Rican ingredients in every Spanglish recipe
[55:38] What people get wrong about Puerto Rican food
[1:01:23] Spanglish mashups: bacalaito onion rings, morcilla sloppy joes, coconut arepa BLTs
[1:09:08] Rebuilding a 157-year-old newspaper's food section for the digital age
[1:14:14] How "MC" became Monti Carlo
[1:16:10] Where to find Monti and support Spanglish
Connect with Monti Carlo:
Instagram: @themonticarlo
Book: Spanglish, A Love Letter to Bicultural Puerto Rican Cooking (Simon & Schuster), available everywhere books are sold
Website: www.themonticarlo.com
Connect with Wine & Chisme:
Website: www.thewineandchismepodcast.com
Instagram: @thewineandchisme
TikTok: @thewineandchisme
Call us and tell us how we're doing (858) 304-0266
Sin prisa. Sin vergüenza. Con vino.

Wine I'm Enjoying: Seis Soles Rosé
As season 7 open, Jessica shares the the journey that brought her this far, what keeps her focused and how celebrates 5 years of the Latiné Wine Brand directory.
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Wines We're Drinking
Erika Sanchez: a white sparkling wine from RGNY
Jessica Yañez: Seis Soles white blend, a Grenache Blanc and Albariño blend (note: this exact blend is discontinued, Seis Soles now makes a straight Albariño)
Episode Description
It's the big 3-0-0. Jessica sits down with her monthly co-host Erika Sanchez to celebrate six years and 300 episodes of Wine & Chisme, and this one gets real. They trace the podcast's evolution from a solo intro recorded over accidentally NSFW-adjacent stock music to the show it is today, revisit the most memorable guests and moments (including the time a Julissa's hair caught fire on camera), and dig into the tamales-and-wine controversy that once flooded Jessica's inbox with thousands of comments. Jessica also opens up about nearly walking away from the podcast the day before this recording, what pulled her back, and why she's more committed than ever heading into Season 7. Plus: the dream guest list (JLo, Pedro Pascal, and America Ferrera are all on it), and how you can help pick the cities for the 2027 tour.
Content note: This episode includes an emotional, personal moment where Jessica discusses feeling burned out and not seen, a discussion of colorism within family and community, and a passing reference to a past guest's family tragedy.
Timestamps
0:00 Popping bottles and celebrating the 300th episode
6:10 A trip down memory lane through every version of the Wine & Chisme intro
16:56 Do you ever re-listen to your own episodes
22:49 Why solo episodes are Jessica's kryptonite, and how she books guests
27:23 Chris of Seis Soles, the first vintner who ever reached out to her
28:40 Geena de Latina, San Diego royalty and her 50th guest
36:59 When the "bougie" tamales and wine story broke the internet
39:58 Not a podcast for everybody, and why that is the point
47:04 Reading listener voicemails and DMs live
53:32 Julissa Bermudez's hair catches fire on camera (you have to see it on YouTube)
1:01:38 What being Latine even means, and who gets left out of the definition
1:02:03 The unplanned RGNY episode that became a fan favorite
1:06:38 Cadena Collective and the weight of colorism, even within one family
1:09:00 Jessica gets real about tears, burnout, and almost walking away
1:19:53 The dream guest list: America Ferrera, JLo, Pedro Pascal, and more
1:26:29 Season 7, the 2027 tour, and how to pitch yourself for sponsorship
Connect with Wine & Chisme
Website: www.thewineandchismepodcast.com
Instagram: @thewineandchisme
TikTok: @thewineandchisme
Call us and tell us how we're doing (858) 304-0266