How retired NBA champ Dwyane Wade is working with UC Davis to diversify the wine industry
By KCRA Staff
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DAVIS, California (KCRA) — The leadership board for UC Davis’ wine-making department has a new member on their team.
Retired NBA star Dwyane Wade has joined the department’s board, the university announced this week.
Wade, a three-time NBA champion and co-founder of Wade Cellars in Napa Valley, says he plans to help with recruitment and seek a more diverse student body.
“I’m excited to join forces with UC Davis to support their efforts in bringing more diversity to the wine industry and make it more inclusive,” Wade said in a prepared statement. “Wine is for everyone, and I look forward to working with my fellow board members to create meaningful and impactful change. Together we hope to reach and inspire our community to pursue a career in the wine industry by creating a more equitable and viable pathway to achieve those dreams.”
Other new members to the Executive Leadership Board for the Department of Viticulture and Enology are wine writer and Black Wine Professionals founder Julia Coney and viticulturist and recent UC Davis alum Miguel Luna, a partner with Silverado Farming Co.
The wine programs at UC Davis are widely considered the most prestigious in the country, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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