{"id":3420,"date":"2022-10-01T02:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T02:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2022-10-03T02:46:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T02:46:47","slug":"sole-black-owned-winery-in-orange-county-and-central-coast-helps-a-different-charity-every-month-through-wine-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=3420","title":{"rendered":"Sole Black Owned Winery in Orange County and Central Coast Helps a Different Charity Every Month Through &#8220;Wine Flights&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWS PROVIDED BY<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news\/mcclain-cellars\/\"><strong>McClain Cellars&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jun 01, 2022, 08:36 ET<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.,\u00a0June 1, 2022\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Jason McClain, Founder and Proprietor of McClain Cellars, the only black-owned winery in\u00a0Santa Barbara\u00a0and\u00a0Orange\u00a0Counties, is helping communities to give back through award-winning wine flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McClain Cellars Winery, with 4 locations from&nbsp;Santa Barbara&nbsp;to&nbsp;Orange County, has decided that a wine flight should do more than just give you a great experience.&nbsp; Monthly, McClain Cellars, curates one of it&#8217;s wine flights to support a charity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Giving back in ways that matter is the only way to make this world a better place,&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>says McClain.&nbsp; The winery changes the name of one of their wine flights to focus on a cause.&nbsp; Guests that visit the various locations have an opportunity to choose a charity wine flight or one of the other selections of award-winning wines. Proceeds from charity flights are awarded to the charity each month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>As the only black owned winery from&nbsp;Orange County&nbsp;to&nbsp;Santa Barbara County, we have a responsibility to set a standard of excellence for anyone of color and make a statement that giving is just as important as receiving<\/em>,&#8221; says McClain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizations that have benefited from a monthly wine flight include;&nbsp;<em>United Negro College Fund<\/em>&nbsp;in the month of&nbsp;February 2022&nbsp;supporting the education of young black men and women,&nbsp;<em>Laura&#8217;s House Domestic Violence Advocacy Center<\/em>,&nbsp;Garden Grove, CA&nbsp;in&nbsp;March 2022&nbsp;to fight Domestic Violence,&nbsp;<em>Hidden Wings<\/em>,&nbsp;Solvang CA&nbsp;in&nbsp;April 2022&nbsp;supporting families and people with Autism. &nbsp;&nbsp;For&nbsp;May 2022, McClain Cellars supports the&nbsp;<em>Sean Fleming&nbsp;Memorial Firefighter Scholarship &amp; F-116 injured and Fallen Firefighters Fund<\/em>, an organization dedicated to help serve local communities up and down the central coast.&nbsp; As every month goes by, a new cause is fought and the guests at McClain Cellars have a new opportunity to support those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each organization chosen connects to the primary vison of the winery itself.&nbsp; McClain Cellars stands for what they refer to as &#8220;F4&#8221; (Family, Faith, Friends, Freedom).&nbsp; It is a moto that is on every bottle and displayed proudly on the walls of all their wine tasting lounges.&nbsp; McClain holds these values at the center of every decision surrounding the tasting lounge, and sees wine as a gateway to helping people connect in ways that matter the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>It&#8217;s not just about picking a good cause.&nbsp; It&#8217;s about giving our guests a chance to see an opportunity to be a part of something more.&nbsp; Making, serving, and enjoying great wine is one thing.&nbsp; Allowing that wine to become a catalyst for helping others is what really matters<\/em>,&#8221; says McClain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known for its award-winning wines and accessible luxury experience, McClain Cellars encourages a diverse crowd to enjoy the finest life has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s part of my belief system that everyone has a purpose, and every purpose should be realized,&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;says McClain.&nbsp;<em>&#8220;My purpose is to help every person who enters any of our lounges feel their value through the experiences we create.&nbsp; Giving back to others is the most important part.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About McClain Cellars<br><\/strong>McClain Cellars has 4 wine tasting rooms across&nbsp;Southern California&nbsp;in&nbsp;Laguna Beach,&nbsp;Solvang, and&nbsp;Buellton. It is the only black-owned winery in both&nbsp;Santa Barbara&nbsp;and&nbsp;Orange County. All locations are &#8220;hip&#8221; modern industrial luxury tasting lounges that are a cross between a New York &#8220;Soho&#8221; music venue and a &#8220;Napa Valley&#8221; tasting venue. Featuring crisp whites, smooth reds, and creative blends, McClain is constantly creating 90+ point wines. &nbsp;The brand&#8217;s focus is on the experience, the story behind the wine, and the joy the guest engages when visiting one of the locations. More information available at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3552703-1&amp;h=4270635389&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcclaincellars.com%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcclaincellars.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.mcclaincellars.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact:<br>Whitney Chapman<br>949-570-9260<br><a href=\"mailto:337469@email4pr.com\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">337469@email4pr.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOURCE McClain Cellars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/sole-black-owned-winery-in-orange-county-and-central-coast-helps-a-different-charity-every-month-through-wine-flights-301557856.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Published without changes from CISION PR NewsWire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS PROVIDED BYMcClain Cellars&nbsp; Jun 01, 2022, 08:36 ET LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.,\u00a0June 1, 2022\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Jason McClain, Founder and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-3420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-african-american"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3422,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3420\/revisions\/3422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}