139:. Starting in 2017, all their wines from New Zealand and California were brought together under the McBride Sisters Collection and sold in grocery stores across the United States. In the 12 months leading up to October 2020, the McBride Sisters had sold 35,000 cases of wine at retail outlets, according to Nielsen, making it the largest Black-owned wine company by volume. In October 2020,
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