LaToya S. Jordan launched Marble Wines in 2023, choosing to lay down roots in her home state of Georgia—an incubator for many  BIPOC-led enterprises with a burgeoning Black wine scene.

Like many founders entering American wine, Jordan quickly learned that the industry still operates as an old boys’ club, where tradition is treated as non-negotiable and mentorship often looks more like indoctrination than exchange.

From the beginning, she was advised—repeatedly—to bottle her inaugural wine in classic “Champagne green” glass, just as it’s done in California. The expectation was clear: follow the visual codes that have long defined American wine.

"I had plenty of white gentlemen tell me to make the bottle green.”

She chose not to. The clear bottle was a deliberate decision. It signaled transparency, authorship, and a refusal to default to convention. That single choice set the tone for Marble Wines.

Produced in California and shaped by Jordan’s perspective, Marble Wines reflects women who are confident in their taste and uninterested in translation. Its impact isn’t rooted in spectacle, but in intention—showing how change in wine can begin with one thoughtful decision.

LaToya returns March 7 for an in-store tasting at Pompette and a very special winemaker’s dinner and Q&A at Musette (details to come). In the meantime, Marble Wines is available for purchase now.

Check back for more winemaker profiles as we celebrate Black Wine & Spirits this month, and every month, here at Pompette.

And as for me, your trusted Sommelier, you can find me at Musette on weekeday or at Pompette on weekends. Either way I will surely have a bottle in hand I'd love for you to try. Cheers, Izzy