The Sip, now operating as The Sip Society, is an online subscription brand built around small-format Champagne and sparkling wine. Erica Davis, the CEO, and Catherine Carter, VP of Operations, launched the company during the pandemic with the goal of opening sparkling wine up to more people and helping bridge the racial disparity in the wine industry. Members receive curated boxes of small-format bottles, and the shop also carries full bottles, gift memberships and accessories, which makes it an easy gift as well as a standing treat.
The company curates a dedicated collection of Black-owned wines and runs the Black Vine Market event series, and its "Take a Sip, Give a Sip" giving program funds clean water access through the East Oakland Community Project. Orders ship across the United States, and the company has also run a Canadian early-access program.
This is an online-only business with no storefront or public address, based in Oakland, California, where the founders are from. If you like sparkling wine but have never known quite where to start, a curated box is a low-risk way in. Join or send a gift membership today.
The Sip (The Sip Society)