The Wine and Chisme Podcast

The Wine and Chisme Podcast The Wine & Chisme Podcast is a podcast to amplify the voices of people making change in communities of color across the nation.

09/22/2026

Mi gente, real allyship isn’t a hashtag. It’s who you cast. It’s crying on the phone with a friend at 2am. It’s walking into a room you weren’t invited to and saying the thing anyway.

On this episode, Damian Pelliccione, Damian Pelliccione, co-founder of revry , the first q***r owned streaming network) gets specific about what support for trans and non-binary people actually looks like right now, not lip service, actual casting decisions and actual friendships he shows up for publicly and privately.

Episode available on all podcast platforms and YouTube. Link in bio.

09/14/2026

Mi gente…sit down for this one.

Deep in a divorce, broke broke, living on a $10 a day budget that barely covered diapers and formula for her toddler, Monti Carlo was researching homeless shelters in LA. The next night, a tip from her upstairs neighbor put her in line for a MasterChef audition she had never even heard of.

She showed up with pie made from two apples, because that was all she could afford. She carried it in a diaper box because she did not own anything else to carry it in.

She did not win. She came in fifth. She did not even get the $50 they promised for making it on camera.

She got something better. Today she is a three time Telly Award winner, a Simon & Schuster cookbook author, and the Senior Editor of Food and Dining at the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Full story with Mairym Monti Carlo on this week’s episode.

Episode available on all podcast platforms and YouTube. Link in bio.

Sin prisa. Sin vergüenza. Con vino.

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09/07/2026

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the first gist.social event in San Diego.

I met and connected with so many people who are using their space to connect community and can’t wait to see how they keep growing.

For Gist to hold this event here was really appreciated. Although San Diego is the 2nd highest populated city in California, we routinely get overlooked for these type of events.

W**e and food pairing doesn’t have to be intimidating, mi gente. Here’s the cheat sheet nobody gave us growing up.Acidic...
08/11/2026

W**e and food pairing doesn’t have to be intimidating, mi gente. Here’s the cheat sheet nobody gave us growing up.

Acidic food makes w**e taste smoother and fruitier. Fatty and oily food wants an acidic w**e to cut through and cleanse the palate. Salt is your w**e’s best friend, it softens tannins and brings out fruit. Spicy food makes alcohol hit harder, so go easy on high ABV bottles. Sweet dishes need a w**e sweeter than the food or the w**e tastes bitter. Umami foods like mushrooms and aged cheese make w**e taste sharper and more acidic.

Save this one for your next dinner party.

Link in bio for Latiné owned w**e brands, no gatekeeping, just gente sharing what we know.

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07/31/2026

“Ew, tamales don’t go with w**e, you need champurrado.”

That was the comment. And my whole point in one breath, I’m not saying you cannot have what you like. I’m just saying, if you enjoy w**e, here’s another option.

When my Tamales & W**e Guide got picked up by FIERCE by mitú, the post was flooded with comments calling it bougie, calling it “white people sh*t,” I didn’t back down. I made one response post and it ended the conversation: “The people who are hating the most are probably the people that are speaking up for their community the least. So tell me what you are doing for your community.”

It doesn’t have to be bougie. It doesn’t have to be definitive. There is a w**e for our traditional foods, and there is a champurrado, or coke, or anything else for the people who want that too. Both can exist.

I get into the whole story on this week’s episode, link in bio.

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07/31/2026

Showing my by highlighting and supporting Latina businesses. Gracias CINDY CASTRO NEW YORK and Cadena Collective for your beautiful collections!

07/30/2026

Happy 300 episodes of W**e & Chisme! Some say it’s luck but I promise you… I’ve worked really hard to get here.

Thank you to everyone of you and here’s to 300 more!

07/29/2026

Six years. 300 episodes. And yesterday, right before we hit record, I broke down crying.

Not because anything was wrong. Because I was in my head about whether this still matters, whether I’m actually being seen while I spend all my time trying to make sure our community feels seen.

Then the messages started coming in. Voice notes, DMs, a couple of actual phone calls to the W**e & Chisme number. People telling me what this show has meant to them. And I sat with that and thought, how could I possibly quit.

So this episode is a celebration. Me and Erika talk about how far this thing has come (yes, the old intro music was accidentally the same track used in certain “adult” videos, we laugh about it), the guests who changed everything, the tamales and w**e post that got thousands of comments, and the moment I almost walked away.

We’re taking August off. Season 7 starts in September, and I want YOUR input on where we go on tour in 2027. Link in bio for the full episode.

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07/27/2026

For all those who have listened, been a guest or supported in any way. Thank you. I have a lot to think about…

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