Wine & Chisme

The Wine & Chisme is where meaningful conversations flow as freely as the wine. Host Jessica Yañez creates an intimate space for professionals, artists, and changemakers from communities of color to share their unfiltered stories of career, love, and transformation. Each week, guests "spill the wine" through authentic chisme (Spanish for gossip) on their own terms—challenging narratives about whose voices deserve to be heard. More than a podcast, it's a celebration of untold stories that builds bridges and creates lasting change. Grab a glass and join the conversation every Wednesday. #WineAndChismeWednesday

Wine & Chisme is a society podcast hosted by Jessica Yañez, with 305 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jessica Yañez hosts Wine & Chisme, a society show with 305 episodes published.

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  Episode #5

  September Chisme: AI Rabbit Holes, VMAs Tea & Hispanic Heritage Month Real Talk

  Sep 30, 20261h 42mS7

  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 Communications Handles pending confirmation 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.

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  Episode #4

  Healing Money Trauma & Building Latina Wealth with Luzy King

  Sep 23, 20261h 30mS7

  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.

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  Episode #3

  Building Queer Media From Nothing with Damian Pelliccione

  Sep 16, 20261h 26mS7

  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 Call us and tell us how we're doing (858) 304-0266 Sin prisa. Sin vergüenza. Con vino. #WineAndChisme #LatinaPodcast #NonBinaryCEO #KingOfDrag #Reverie #QueerOwnedBusiness #DragKing #LGBTQPodcast #LatineWine #AllyshipMatters

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  Episode #2

  Puerto Rican Food, MasterChef & Reinvention with Monti Carlo

  Sep 9, 20261h 16mS7

  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.

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  Episode #1

  Welcome to Season 7 with Jessica Yañez

  Sep 2, 202628 minS7

  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. Follow us on Instagram: @thewineandchisme YouTube: Find Latiné Owned Wine Brands HERE

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