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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You are what I call her yee.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, it's way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Happy Wednesday and tomorrow is a holiday, So shout out
to all of y'all who are at work.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Okay, just like I'm here, Dan is here.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Ain't nobody else here though, when I tell you this
building is empty, you know, shout out to Lisa g.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
She works up in this building too.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
She just came by and gave us some chocolate covered
Thanksgiving pretzels immediately too. But yes, I love the fact
She's like, I love that you guys are here. It
is so empty in the building. Like we have these
lights in the hallway, their motion detective lights, and when
no one walks down the hallway for a period of time,
it goes black.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Let's just say the hallways are black.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
But it is a wealth Wednesday, and I'm excited about this.
Ingrid Best is going to be joining us, and she
is one of my best friends for real.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
But she has her own wine. I best wine scientists from.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
South Africa, and she's going to talk about everything she
went through to develop this wine, how she made it happen.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
She's been featured in Forbes.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
You know what's funny, just recently, she was featured in
Vibe magazine and she was talking about how growing up
that was a huge deal and she's always wanted that,
so she's got it.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
She's been in Ebony.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
She's been on BT, just a lot of different spaces
talking about her legacy with I Best.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Of Wines and how she made it happen.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
So shout out to you, Ingrid matt girl. All right,
but in the meantime, let's get into some music, and
also let's get ready to shine a light. Eight hundred
two ninety two fifty one fifty is the number. And
here is bedrock, this is young money. And let's just
say shout out to all the guys with sideburns.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All right, it's way up.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
I'm shine Turn your.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Lights on, y'all spreading love to those who are doing greatness.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Shine the light on it, shine a light on. It's
time to shine a light on.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
What's up. Its way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
I'm Angela Yee on a wealth Wednesday, and it's time
to shine a light. And today I want to shine
a light and listen, since Ingrid Best is going to
be joining us the founder of I Best Wines, today
I want to shine a light on a black owned
wine company. It's founded by Whitney and Chaz Gates. They
were actually on Shark Tank last year and they got
a two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars investment from
(02:20):
Mark Cuban and since that appearance, they brought it one
point one million dollars over the.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Last eleven months. So shout out to Wondery.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
That is a black owned wine company that was founded
by Whitney and Chaz Gates. They're actually based in Dallas
and they have a selection of one hundred percent natural
wines and sangria. So that's commendable because, as Ingrid will
tell you later on today in Wealth Wednesday, there are
way too few black and brown people as wine makers
in that space.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
It is a rarity.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
So shout out to them, all right, who do you
want to shine a light on? Eight hundred and two
nine two fifty one fifty Hello Andrea?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
How are you?
Speaker 5 (02:56):
I'm will thank you?
Speaker 6 (02:57):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I'm good? Thank you? Who do you want to shine
up light on? Myself? Okay, let's hear it.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Yes, I'm signing a light on me and my business,
the Body Studio. I'm located in Old Park, Michigan. I
have the number one by Haboucheek and Postop Care and
mess By in Detroit area, and I'm just trying to
sign a lot on myself and all my customers. You
got me doing.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
The Spy's Oak Park is a beautiful neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
It is. Well. Congratulations to you for having that.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
That's important work that you're doing right there, that mess
By to create an environment where people feel comfortable.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
You know, we take that seriously and we do.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
So just look us up, Angie, and the next time
you're in Detroit, come see me.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
What's it called again, the body Studio.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
But I will send you a d m okay off
my business page, so you can kind of just come
see me.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
All right, send it to me now. I'm gona post
you too.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
All right, girl, all right, thank you, thank you. Barne
Ni Charles, So.
Speaker 7 (04:03):
You want to shine a light on morning Sam, Good morning.
This is Charles calling from Loveral, Kentucky. I'm a retired marine.
I just want to shine the light on one of
the marine guys that took me on this wing when
I came in in nineteen ninety eight. He didn't have to.
He took me on this wing, showed me out his
military game work, how to move, and because of that,
I had a glorious career. So donnery Sergeant White, shining
(04:25):
my light on you.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
All right, Sergeant White, thank you so much and thank
you for your service.
Speaker 7 (04:30):
Hey, no problem. Appreciate you, guys. I love y'all, listening
to y'all every morning.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Thank you, We appreciate you.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
All right, Well, that was shining light.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
And as usual, eight hundred two ninety two fifty one
to fifty is a number. I'm so glad I had
my voice back so I could finally tell you it
ain't all the way there, but it's good enough.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It's way up, yo.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
This is a judgment freeze one tell us a secret.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
What's up? Its way up with Angela yee.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
And part of this show is not just showing love
but also not judging you. But I will say, it
is nice to be able to get those secrets out
there into the world. Sometimes it's a burden lifted off
of you. Sometimes y'all just entertaining. Eight hundred two ninety
two fifty one fifty is the number. I remember you
are anonymous, and remember there is no judgment. Okay, it's
(05:18):
way up with angela Ye tell us a secret? Eight
hundred two nine two fifty one fifty Hello Anonymous, Kylin.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
How are you?
Speaker 8 (05:23):
I'm doing good?
Speaker 9 (05:24):
How you doing?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I'm good? What's good? You want to tell us a secret?
Speaker 7 (05:28):
I sure do?
Speaker 8 (05:29):
Okay, Well, I had a friend that I used to
be extremely close with, you know, one of those childhood friends,
and then we grew up and he started doing some
real grindy stuff, started trying to sleep behind my back
stuff like that. So me and my girl linked up
with his girl, had a good time, you know what
I mean, on the on the hub, and then uh yeah,
(05:54):
I mean, what is it?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
What did he do to you? When you said he
started sneaking around? Like what was he doing?
Speaker 8 (05:59):
So he was pretty much sliding in my girl dms
behind my back, pretty much telling her how it was
this guy that I wasn't and that was just my
little way of getting back at him, and she actually
came up with the idea, you know what.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Why did he think your girl wasn't going to tell you?
Speaker 8 (06:16):
And that's what I was trying to figure out, because
at that time me and her had already been locked
in for a couple of years.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yeah, we want to thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
That is so stupid. Why would your girl not tell you? Like,
did he think he.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Was that lit?
Speaker 8 (06:29):
I guess he just thought he was that dude.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
That how was everything with his girl?
Speaker 8 (06:34):
She's a saying at this point, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Well, I'm not mad at you. I think all's fair
in love and war.
Speaker 8 (06:41):
I know that's right.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
I know that's right. All right, Well, thank you for calling.
Speaker 8 (06:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (06:45):
Have a great day you too.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
What's up, Anonymous color? How are you?
Speaker 9 (06:49):
Hey?
Speaker 7 (06:49):
I'm good?
Speaker 9 (06:50):
How are you, Angela?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I'm a good Thank you. You want to tell us a secret?
Speaker 9 (06:54):
Yeah, had been hitting me up, basically trying to get
with me for a few months. Uh huh, and I
have been denying him. So I basically told him that
if he paid me seven hundred dollars, I would do it.
And he was like, all right, I'll get you the money.
Da da da. So I get to his house, We're
about to do it. He could not get it up.
(07:15):
But what I did do is make sure I got
my money first, and I'm literally stay there for over
an hour trying to like work with him. He's like
moving this position, do this, do that, but nothing works.
But I got seven hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Now, why seven hundred dollars? What made you pick that number?
Speaker 10 (07:33):
You know?
Speaker 9 (07:34):
I tried to like bargain with him first. I wanted
a thousand, but he told me didn't have it. That
was kind of the most that I could get him to,
like break his bank, and he literally like went into
his faith and gave me like six hundred and cash
and the veil the rest. So it was kind of
like all I could get from him.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Basically, have you spoken to him since?
Speaker 9 (07:55):
You know, yeah, he wants to do like a second try,
but I'm like, fun.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
He said, no, reads baby, it didn't work.
Speaker 9 (08:04):
I'm like, ray, no, I don't think I would do
it again. But I definitely feel like the money that
I got in the situation, it was like, Okay, it
wasn't as bad as I thought it was.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Yeah, you didn't have to do anything. Could have been
way worse.
Speaker 9 (08:23):
Yeah, I wish Nna was there so I could tell him.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Oh my gosh, I'm sure he's gonna I'm sure he's
gonna see this.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
And I don't know if you wish he was here
for that, because.
Speaker 9 (08:32):
You know, yeah, he can't be a little judging.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Well, thank you for sharing. That was the easiest even
hundred dollars you ever made.
Speaker 9 (08:38):
Yeah, I thank you for not judging me.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
No, that's the whole point of this.
Speaker 9 (08:42):
It's no judgment, right exactly, So keep doing you and
I appreciate all that you do for a woman and
all the positivity that you bring.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Thank you so much. Thank you for calling.
Speaker 9 (08:53):
Of course, take care all.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Right, We thank you so much for sharing. It's tell
it's a secret again. Remember it's always a no judgment zone.
Eight hundred fifty one fifty is a number just in
case you couldn't get through. All right, But now let's
get into some love on Top Beyonce. This is from
the album four that she put out, and I believe
the Dream actually wrote this too, right, all right, well,
(09:15):
love on Top Beyonce.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
It's way up.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
I had a dream of wealthy and I don't mind
sharing my wealth dogs getting you straight financially, mentally, and physically.
This is wealth Wednesday on way Up with Angela Ye.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
What's up? It's way up with Angela Yee. I'm Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
And this is a really fun and exciting surprise because
this is near and dear to my heart, this one
means a lot to me. One of my best friends,
Ingrid Best, is here. Thank you and to be here.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Ingrid.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
I've talked to you before on the Breakfast Club, right
and at that point you have managed partnerships for Bacardi
with Duce, You've managed the partnership with Diagio for Sarak
and DeLeon, and now you're managing Ingrid Best. Okay, because
you have your own wine that just launched.
Speaker 11 (10:00):
Actually you can pre order it today, Yes, pre order
today on reserve bar dot com. We're so excited to
be launching I Best Wines. There's been a labor of love.
You know, I've called you many a days and many
of nights, and it really is a dream come true.
So I'm just excited for everyone to be able to
try something that I've poured my whole heart into.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
And another thing I want to touch on a lot
of times, I've had people ask me, well, you know,
I have kids, and how can I do what I'm
doing when I want to follow my passion, follow my dreams.
But I also have a child, and it's somebody going
to look at me differently if I you know, if
I have a small child at home.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
It's different for women than it is for men.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
And you were a young mother, what was that part
of it like for you, And what advice would you
give to moms out there who are really trying to
shine in their industry. But sometimes people can have some
type of preconceived notion.
Speaker 11 (10:49):
Yeah, you know, I was. I was a teenage mom.
I had my son at eighteen, and I think for me,
the biggest advice that I would give to women is
that having children is on a handcap and you have
to be confident in the way you show up in
the fact that you're a mother.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
To whoever you're working with. You have to make them
comfortable with it.
Speaker 11 (11:09):
And then again it goes back to if they're not,
then you have to make some decisions.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
We do live in a world.
Speaker 11 (11:15):
Where people still view you know, women with children, women
who are pregnant. I have a woman on my team
that's pregnant. I'm so excited about it. And I'm a
wife brand owner, right, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
What I mean.
Speaker 11 (11:25):
I'm like, we're having a baby, you know, I'll take
it for you. Yeah, I'm like, give me wine, I'll
take it. And so I think for me, it's like
it's the real world. Women have babies. And imagine if
when women were pregnant or having babies, we didn't work,
we got to stay home and do nothing.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
What would the world be So And by the way,
having baby is never staying home and doing nothing.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Yes, it's a job, you know.
Speaker 11 (11:48):
So I think for me, the advice would be, you
have to get very comfortable with the fact that you
are a mother and embrace it. I think sometimes our
discomfort also makes people uncomfortable. They don't really know how
to deal with it, so you just have to show
up as you are. I'm so grateful that I became
a mom. You know, at the time it seemed really,
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really difficult, but it's been one of the things that
have really fueled me, and it's allowed me to connect
with young women because I'm able to say to young women,
you're gonna be fine.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
It's part of my story.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Right now, I'm talking to the founder and creator and
CEO of I Best Wines and Grid Best. So let's
discuss this wine I Best Wines. Because this wine is
from South Africa. I don't think I've ever had wine
from South Africa before, So what inspired that? Because normally
we see France. Where else do we see wine coming
from Napa Vella.
Speaker 11 (12:39):
Italy, Chile, New Zealand and now South Africa. And the
truth is South African wine has been around, but many
of us just discovered it. And so part of my
purpose with IBS Wines is to really shed a light
on such a beautiful wine region and such an under
I think represented wine region.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Man, I want to be clear, this is not just
a brand that you white labeled, that somebody came to
you and said, put your name on this, we're gonna
market this. You actually went to South Africa and basically
lived there. What was that process like?
Speaker 11 (13:13):
It required a lot of courage, It required being okay
being alone. It also required for me to seek out
family and community there, and people embraced me. It's been
one of the best times of my life. It made
me stretch myself. Yes, I'm happy that I'm a black
woman from America, but I'm even more happy that I've
(13:33):
been around the world and I've been able to do
cool things like launch of wine from South Africa.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
So this also required you to make sure that you
invested in yourself.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
And how scary is that? It's very scary.
Speaker 11 (13:45):
I am really fortunate that I made great business decisions
in my life. I invested in real estate, I've invested
in art stocks, and I was able to lean back
on those things in order to launch the brand. I
also have a good reputation, and I think your reputation
is equally as valuable as the money in your bank account,
because you can call people, you can lean on people,
(14:06):
and that's what I've been able to do. But I
have fully funded this myself.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Ingrid Best is here. We have more with her when
we come back.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
She has quite the history and the spirit's business, and
now she has her own wine I Best Wines.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
It's way up at Angela Yee.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
What kind of dream of wealthy?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
And I don't mind sharing my wealth dogs.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Getting you straight financially, mentally and physically. This is wealth
Wednesday on way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
What's up? It's way up at Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
I'm Angela Yee and Ingrid Best from I Best Wines
is in the building, and I just want to talk
about just even owning vineyards and wine companies, Like what percentage.
I don't know if you know this number at all,
but when you look in the space and from what
you've seen, you know, is it something that is still
not a very diverse field?
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Can you give us any insight into that it's not?
Speaker 11 (14:53):
I mean it's less than a percent. I believe less
than one percent. Yeah, of black and brown people own vineyards,
own wine brands, are producing wine brands. There is a
very very small percentage. Wow, it's changing and it will
continue to change. And that's why people like myself and
Done from Leafrette Rose and the McBride's sisters are doing
(15:14):
the work that we're doing right to say like this
is for us, we can be in this industry too.
I talk about that a lot because I think for
a long time black and brown people just didn't see
themselves in wine and they didn't didn't see themselves. And
so now you're seeing yourself through me.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
So from concept to where we are now, where you're
launching this today. By the way, you can go ahead
and pre order that on Reserve Barr Yes, Reserve Boar
dot com. How long did this process take for you
to get to this point?
Speaker 2 (15:45):
So two years?
Speaker 11 (15:46):
But I always say it's been in my head, in
my heart for many, many years, and it's been two
of the best years of my life. And even though
I've slept the least I've ever slept, I've spent a
lot of my mind. I you know, have seen very
little of my family, who I adore. It has been
the best time of my life because there's something about
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unlocking your courage. You know, when you unlock your courage,
you just feel so good, you feel so free.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Right now, I'm talking to the founder and creator and
CEO of I Best Wines and grid Best.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Honestly, I wanted to bring you up here and listen.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
I know, full disclosure, we are friends, like really really
great friends, but I would have had you up here regardless.
You know, just because of the work that you've been
putting in in this business. You deserve to be uplifted
and this does not disappoint. So how can people support
Ibst Winds.
Speaker 11 (16:41):
So you can support Ibst Wines obviously on Reserve Bar
dot com and on our site Ibstwines dot com, which
is an incredible thing for us to be able to
sell direct to consumer for those people who like good
wine and good stories and want to support good people.
You're going to start to see it in the restaurants
and bars and on the shelves and really for me
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is trying to grow the footprint of South African wine.
This isn't just about me, It's about South African wine
in general. Deserves to have full sections at the wine shops,
just like NAPA does, just like France does, just like
Italy does. The wine is exceptional.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Again, you guys can go to I Best Wines.
Speaker 11 (17:20):
Yes, ibestwines dot com.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
I love to see this. I love the team, I
love you Ingrid, love you too, and I love his
wine and I love y'all wines.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Y'all all right, Well, thank you so much to Ingrid
Best for joining us. And if you want to watch
that full interview, and I highly recommend it, you can
find it on my YouTube channel Way Up with Ye
And as usual when we come back, you guys get
to have the last word.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
It's way up.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Take up the phone tap to get your voice heard.
What the word he is? The last word on Way
Up with Angela? Ye?
Speaker 2 (17:52):
What's up? Way up with Angela?
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Yee?
Speaker 3 (17:54):
I'm Angela Yee. And thank you again to Ingrid Best
for joining us. You know, I've been watching her hope
process as she was patiently getting everything together to launch
her own wine, and like I said, she didn't just
slap her name and white label a wine. She actually
went out and developed this from scratch, right from the
bottles to the liquid in the bottles, and I got
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a chance to really watch everything close up. So I'm
so happy and proud. Everybody out there, man, tag a
friend of yours who you're really proud of, and just
send them a message and let them know that you're
doing something amazing. And listen, it's in the spirit of
all of this. Support a friend too. If there's somebody
you know that has recently started their own business or
done something, if you can just do anything to support,
(18:37):
whether it's a shout out on social media, whether you're
buying a product, gifting a product to somebody, whatever it is,
or even just words of encouragement, that means a lot
when you're trying to start something brand new. Okay, and
of course you guys get to have the last word
on this wealth Wednesday, eight hundred and two, ninety two,
fifty one to fifty.
Speaker 6 (18:54):
My secret is when I was sixteen seventeen inch years
old living with my mother, I did not want to
get in trouble staying out too late with a boy
and I faked being abducted and kidnapping.
Speaker 12 (19:10):
I know it so horrible, but I did that. I
drove some miles from home as if I was taken
and left there, ripped my clothes and everything highlight on myself.
Speaker 10 (19:24):
My name is Eileen. I have been dealing with a
bunch of personal issues, homelessness, to be.
Speaker 12 (19:30):
Stuff like that.
Speaker 10 (19:31):
I just want everybody to know and we all got it.
You got it, We all got it. Whatever you're going through,
we got it. Just want to say thank you for
being there and for being a life for everyone
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Going Way Out turn Out with Angela Yee
You are what I call her yee.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah, it's way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Happy Wednesday and tomorrow is a holiday, So shout out
to all of y'all who are at work.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Okay, just like I'm here, Dan is here.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Ain't nobody else here though, when I tell you this
building is empty, you know, shout out to Lisa g.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
She works up in this building too.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
She just came by and gave us some chocolate covered
Thanksgiving pretzels immediately too. But yes, I love the fact
She's like, I love that you guys are here. It
is so empty in the building. Like we have these
lights in the hallway, their motion detective lights, and when
no one walks down the hallway for a period of time,
it goes black.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Let's just say the hallways are black.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
But it is a wealth Wednesday, and I'm excited about this.
Ingrid Best is going to be joining us, and she
is one of my best friends for real.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
But she has her own wine. I best wine scientists from.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
South Africa, and she's going to talk about everything she
went through to develop this wine, how she made it happen.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
She's been featured in Forbes.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
You know what's funny, just recently, she was featured in
Vibe magazine and she was talking about how growing up
that was a huge deal and she's always wanted that,
so she's got it.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
She's been in Ebony.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
She's been on BT, just a lot of different spaces
talking about her legacy with I Best.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Of Wines and how she made it happen.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
So shout out to you, Ingrid matt girl. All right,
but in the meantime, let's get into some music, and
also let's get ready to shine a light. Eight hundred
two ninety two fifty one fifty is the number. And
here is bedrock, this is young money. And let's just
say shout out to all the guys with sideburns.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All right, it's way up.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
I'm shine Turn your.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Lights on, y'all spreading love to those who are doing greatness.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Shine the light on it, shine a light on. It's
time to shine a light on.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
What's up. Its way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
I'm Angela Yee on a wealth Wednesday, and it's time
to shine a light. And today I want to shine
a light and listen, since Ingrid Best is going to
be joining us the founder of I Best Wines, today
I want to shine a light on a black owned
wine company. It's founded by Whitney and Chaz Gates. They
were actually on Shark Tank last year and they got
a two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars investment from
(02:20):
Mark Cuban and since that appearance, they brought it one
point one million dollars over the.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Last eleven months. So shout out to Wondery.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
That is a black owned wine company that was founded
by Whitney and Chaz Gates. They're actually based in Dallas
and they have a selection of one hundred percent natural
wines and sangria. So that's commendable because, as Ingrid will
tell you later on today in Wealth Wednesday, there are
way too few black and brown people as wine makers
in that space.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
It is a rarity.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
So shout out to them, all right, who do you
want to shine a light on? Eight hundred and two
nine two fifty one fifty Hello Andrea?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
How are you?
Speaker 5 (02:56):
I'm will thank you?
Speaker 6 (02:57):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I'm good? Thank you? Who do you want to shine
up light on? Myself? Okay, let's hear it.
Speaker 5 (03:04):
Yes, I'm signing a light on me and my business,
the Body Studio. I'm located in Old Park, Michigan. I
have the number one by Haboucheek and Postop Care and
mess By in Detroit area, and I'm just trying to
sign a lot on myself and all my customers. You
got me doing.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
The Spy's Oak Park is a beautiful neighborhood.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
It is. Well. Congratulations to you for having that.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
That's important work that you're doing right there, that mess
By to create an environment where people feel comfortable.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
You know, we take that seriously and we do.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
So just look us up, Angie, and the next time
you're in Detroit, come see me.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
What's it called again, the body Studio.
Speaker 5 (03:47):
But I will send you a d m okay off
my business page, so you can kind of just come
see me.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
All right, send it to me now. I'm gona post
you too.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
All right, girl, all right, thank you, thank you. Barne
Ni Charles, So.
Speaker 7 (04:03):
You want to shine a light on morning Sam, Good morning.
This is Charles calling from Loveral, Kentucky. I'm a retired marine.
I just want to shine the light on one of
the marine guys that took me on this wing when
I came in in nineteen ninety eight. He didn't have to.
He took me on this wing, showed me out his
military game work, how to move, and because of that,
I had a glorious career. So donnery Sergeant White, shining
(04:25):
my light on you.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
All right, Sergeant White, thank you so much and thank
you for your service.
Speaker 7 (04:30):
Hey, no problem. Appreciate you, guys. I love y'all, listening
to y'all every morning.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Thank you, We appreciate you.
Speaker 7 (04:35):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
All right, Well, that was shining light.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
And as usual, eight hundred two ninety two fifty one
to fifty is a number. I'm so glad I had
my voice back so I could finally tell you it
ain't all the way there, but it's good enough.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
It's way up, yo.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
This is a judgment freeze one tell us a secret.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
What's up? Its way up with Angela yee.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
And part of this show is not just showing love
but also not judging you. But I will say, it
is nice to be able to get those secrets out
there into the world. Sometimes it's a burden lifted off
of you. Sometimes y'all just entertaining. Eight hundred two ninety
two fifty one fifty is the number. I remember you
are anonymous, and remember there is no judgment. Okay, it's
(05:18):
way up with angela Ye tell us a secret? Eight
hundred two nine two fifty one fifty Hello Anonymous, Kylin.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
How are you?
Speaker 8 (05:23):
I'm doing good?
Speaker 9 (05:24):
How you doing?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
I'm good? What's good? You want to tell us a secret?
Speaker 7 (05:28):
I sure do?
Speaker 8 (05:29):
Okay, Well, I had a friend that I used to
be extremely close with, you know, one of those childhood friends,
and then we grew up and he started doing some
real grindy stuff, started trying to sleep behind my back
stuff like that. So me and my girl linked up
with his girl, had a good time, you know what
I mean, on the on the hub, and then uh yeah,
(05:54):
I mean, what is it?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
What did he do to you? When you said he
started sneaking around? Like what was he doing?
Speaker 8 (05:59):
So he was pretty much sliding in my girl dms
behind my back, pretty much telling her how it was
this guy that I wasn't and that was just my
little way of getting back at him, and she actually
came up with the idea, you know what.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Why did he think your girl wasn't going to tell you?
Speaker 8 (06:16):
And that's what I was trying to figure out, because
at that time me and her had already been locked
in for a couple of years.
Speaker 2 (06:23):
Yeah, we want to thank you.
Speaker 3 (06:24):
That is so stupid. Why would your girl not tell you? Like,
did he think he.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Was that lit?
Speaker 8 (06:29):
I guess he just thought he was that dude.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
That how was everything with his girl?
Speaker 8 (06:34):
She's a saying at this point, all right.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Well, I'm not mad at you. I think all's fair
in love and war.
Speaker 8 (06:41):
I know that's right.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
I know that's right. All right, Well, thank you for calling.
Speaker 8 (06:45):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (06:45):
Have a great day you too.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
What's up, Anonymous color? How are you?
Speaker 9 (06:49):
Hey?
Speaker 7 (06:49):
I'm good?
Speaker 9 (06:50):
How are you, Angela?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
I'm a good Thank you. You want to tell us a secret?
Speaker 9 (06:54):
Yeah, had been hitting me up, basically trying to get
with me for a few months. Uh huh, and I
have been denying him. So I basically told him that
if he paid me seven hundred dollars, I would do it.
And he was like, all right, I'll get you the money.
Da da da. So I get to his house, We're
about to do it. He could not get it up.
(07:15):
But what I did do is make sure I got
my money first, and I'm literally stay there for over
an hour trying to like work with him. He's like
moving this position, do this, do that, but nothing works.
But I got seven hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Now, why seven hundred dollars? What made you pick that number?
Speaker 10 (07:33):
You know?
Speaker 9 (07:34):
I tried to like bargain with him first. I wanted
a thousand, but he told me didn't have it. That
was kind of the most that I could get him to,
like break his bank, and he literally like went into
his faith and gave me like six hundred and cash
and the veil the rest. So it was kind of
like all I could get from him.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
Basically, have you spoken to him since?
Speaker 9 (07:55):
You know, yeah, he wants to do like a second try,
but I'm like, fun.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
He said, no, reads baby, it didn't work.
Speaker 9 (08:04):
I'm like, ray, no, I don't think I would do
it again. But I definitely feel like the money that
I got in the situation, it was like, Okay, it
wasn't as bad as I thought it was.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Yeah, you didn't have to do anything. Could have been
way worse.
Speaker 9 (08:23):
Yeah, I wish Nna was there so I could tell him.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Oh my gosh, I'm sure he's gonna I'm sure he's
gonna see this.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
And I don't know if you wish he was here
for that, because.
Speaker 9 (08:32):
You know, yeah, he can't be a little judging.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Well, thank you for sharing. That was the easiest even
hundred dollars you ever made.
Speaker 9 (08:38):
Yeah, I thank you for not judging me.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
No, that's the whole point of this.
Speaker 9 (08:42):
It's no judgment, right exactly, So keep doing you and
I appreciate all that you do for a woman and
all the positivity that you bring.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
Thank you so much. Thank you for calling.
Speaker 9 (08:53):
Of course, take care all.
Speaker 3 (08:54):
Right, We thank you so much for sharing. It's tell
it's a secret again. Remember it's always a no judgment zone.
Eight hundred fifty one fifty is a number just in
case you couldn't get through. All right, But now let's
get into some love on Top Beyonce. This is from
the album four that she put out, and I believe
the Dream actually wrote this too, right, all right, well,
(09:15):
love on Top Beyonce.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
It's way up.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
I had a dream of wealthy and I don't mind
sharing my wealth dogs getting you straight financially, mentally, and physically.
This is wealth Wednesday on way Up with Angela Ye.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
What's up? It's way up with Angela Yee. I'm Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
And this is a really fun and exciting surprise because
this is near and dear to my heart, this one
means a lot to me. One of my best friends,
Ingrid Best, is here. Thank you and to be here.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Ingrid.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
I've talked to you before on the Breakfast Club, right
and at that point you have managed partnerships for Bacardi
with Duce, You've managed the partnership with Diagio for Sarak
and DeLeon, and now you're managing Ingrid Best. Okay, because
you have your own wine that just launched.
Speaker 11 (10:00):
Actually you can pre order it today, Yes, pre order
today on reserve bar dot com. We're so excited to
be launching I Best Wines. There's been a labor of love.
You know, I've called you many a days and many
of nights, and it really is a dream come true.
So I'm just excited for everyone to be able to
try something that I've poured my whole heart into.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
And another thing I want to touch on a lot
of times, I've had people ask me, well, you know,
I have kids, and how can I do what I'm
doing when I want to follow my passion, follow my dreams.
But I also have a child, and it's somebody going
to look at me differently if I you know, if
I have a small child at home.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
It's different for women than it is for men.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
And you were a young mother, what was that part
of it like for you, And what advice would you
give to moms out there who are really trying to
shine in their industry. But sometimes people can have some
type of preconceived notion.
Speaker 11 (10:49):
Yeah, you know, I was. I was a teenage mom.
I had my son at eighteen, and I think for me,
the biggest advice that I would give to women is
that having children is on a handcap and you have
to be confident in the way you show up in
the fact that you're a mother.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
To whoever you're working with. You have to make them
comfortable with it.
Speaker 11 (11:09):
And then again it goes back to if they're not,
then you have to make some decisions.
Speaker 2 (11:13):
We do live in a world.
Speaker 11 (11:15):
Where people still view you know, women with children, women
who are pregnant. I have a woman on my team
that's pregnant. I'm so excited about it. And I'm a
wife brand owner, right, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
What I mean.
Speaker 11 (11:25):
I'm like, we're having a baby, you know, I'll take
it for you. Yeah, I'm like, give me wine, I'll
take it. And so I think for me, it's like
it's the real world. Women have babies. And imagine if
when women were pregnant or having babies, we didn't work,
we got to stay home and do nothing.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
What would the world be So And by the way,
having baby is never staying home and doing nothing.
Speaker 2 (11:46):
Yes, it's a job, you know.
Speaker 11 (11:48):
So I think for me, the advice would be, you
have to get very comfortable with the fact that you
are a mother and embrace it. I think sometimes our
discomfort also makes people uncomfortable. They don't really know how
to deal with it, so you just have to show
up as you are. I'm so grateful that I became
a mom. You know, at the time it seemed really,
(12:08):
really difficult, but it's been one of the things that
have really fueled me, and it's allowed me to connect
with young women because I'm able to say to young women,
you're gonna be fine.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
It's part of my story.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
Right now, I'm talking to the founder and creator and
CEO of I Best Wines and Grid Best. So let's
discuss this wine I Best Wines. Because this wine is
from South Africa. I don't think I've ever had wine
from South Africa before, So what inspired that? Because normally
we see France. Where else do we see wine coming
from Napa Vella.
Speaker 11 (12:39):
Italy, Chile, New Zealand and now South Africa. And the
truth is South African wine has been around, but many
of us just discovered it. And so part of my
purpose with IBS Wines is to really shed a light
on such a beautiful wine region and such an under
I think represented wine region.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
Man, I want to be clear, this is not just
a brand that you white labeled, that somebody came to
you and said, put your name on this, we're gonna
market this. You actually went to South Africa and basically
lived there. What was that process like?
Speaker 11 (13:13):
It required a lot of courage, It required being okay
being alone. It also required for me to seek out
family and community there, and people embraced me. It's been
one of the best times of my life. It made
me stretch myself. Yes, I'm happy that I'm a black
woman from America, but I'm even more happy that I've
(13:33):
been around the world and I've been able to do
cool things like launch of wine from South Africa.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
So this also required you to make sure that you
invested in yourself.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
And how scary is that? It's very scary.
Speaker 11 (13:45):
I am really fortunate that I made great business decisions
in my life. I invested in real estate, I've invested
in art stocks, and I was able to lean back
on those things in order to launch the brand. I
also have a good reputation, and I think your reputation
is equally as valuable as the money in your bank account,
because you can call people, you can lean on people,
(14:06):
and that's what I've been able to do. But I
have fully funded this myself.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
Ingrid Best is here. We have more with her when
we come back.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
She has quite the history and the spirit's business, and
now she has her own wine I Best Wines.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
It's way up at Angela Yee.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
What kind of dream of wealthy?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
And I don't mind sharing my wealth dogs.
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Getting you straight financially, mentally and physically. This is wealth
Wednesday on way up with Angela Yee.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
What's up? It's way up at Angela Yee.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
I'm Angela Yee and Ingrid Best from I Best Wines
is in the building, and I just want to talk
about just even owning vineyards and wine companies, Like what percentage.
I don't know if you know this number at all,
but when you look in the space and from what
you've seen, you know, is it something that is still
not a very diverse field?
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Can you give us any insight into that it's not?
Speaker 11 (14:53):
I mean it's less than a percent. I believe less
than one percent. Yeah, of black and brown people own vineyards,
own wine brands, are producing wine brands. There is a
very very small percentage. Wow, it's changing and it will
continue to change. And that's why people like myself and
Done from Leafrette Rose and the McBride's sisters are doing
(15:14):
the work that we're doing right to say like this
is for us, we can be in this industry too.
I talk about that a lot because I think for
a long time black and brown people just didn't see
themselves in wine and they didn't didn't see themselves. And
so now you're seeing yourself through me.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
So from concept to where we are now, where you're
launching this today. By the way, you can go ahead
and pre order that on Reserve Barr Yes, Reserve Boar
dot com. How long did this process take for you
to get to this point?
Speaker 2 (15:45):
So two years?
Speaker 11 (15:46):
But I always say it's been in my head, in
my heart for many, many years, and it's been two
of the best years of my life. And even though
I've slept the least I've ever slept, I've spent a
lot of my mind. I you know, have seen very
little of my family, who I adore. It has been
the best time of my life because there's something about
(16:10):
unlocking your courage. You know, when you unlock your courage,
you just feel so good, you feel so free.
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Right now, I'm talking to the founder and creator and
CEO of I Best Wines and grid Best.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Honestly, I wanted to bring you up here and listen.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
I know, full disclosure, we are friends, like really really
great friends, but I would have had you up here regardless.
You know, just because of the work that you've been
putting in in this business. You deserve to be uplifted
and this does not disappoint. So how can people support
Ibst Winds.
Speaker 11 (16:41):
So you can support Ibst Wines obviously on Reserve Bar
dot com and on our site Ibstwines dot com, which
is an incredible thing for us to be able to
sell direct to consumer for those people who like good
wine and good stories and want to support good people.
You're going to start to see it in the restaurants
and bars and on the shelves and really for me
(17:01):
is trying to grow the footprint of South African wine.
This isn't just about me, It's about South African wine
in general. Deserves to have full sections at the wine shops,
just like NAPA does, just like France does, just like
Italy does. The wine is exceptional.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
Again, you guys can go to I Best Wines.
Speaker 11 (17:20):
Yes, ibestwines dot com.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
I love to see this. I love the team, I
love you Ingrid, love you too, and I love his
wine and I love y'all wines.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Y'all all right, Well, thank you so much to Ingrid
Best for joining us. And if you want to watch
that full interview, and I highly recommend it, you can
find it on my YouTube channel Way Up with Ye
And as usual when we come back, you guys get
to have the last word.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
It's way up.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Take up the phone tap to get your voice heard.
What the word he is? The last word on Way
Up with Angela? Ye?
Speaker 2 (17:52):
What's up? Way up with Angela?
Speaker 1 (17:54):
Yee?
Speaker 3 (17:54):
I'm Angela Yee. And thank you again to Ingrid Best
for joining us. You know, I've been watching her hope
process as she was patiently getting everything together to launch
her own wine, and like I said, she didn't just
slap her name and white label a wine. She actually
went out and developed this from scratch, right from the
bottles to the liquid in the bottles, and I got
(18:15):
a chance to really watch everything close up. So I'm
so happy and proud. Everybody out there, man, tag a
friend of yours who you're really proud of, and just
send them a message and let them know that you're
doing something amazing. And listen, it's in the spirit of
all of this. Support a friend too. If there's somebody
you know that has recently started their own business or
done something, if you can just do anything to support,
(18:37):
whether it's a shout out on social media, whether you're
buying a product, gifting a product to somebody, whatever it is,
or even just words of encouragement, that means a lot
when you're trying to start something brand new. Okay, and
of course you guys get to have the last word
on this wealth Wednesday, eight hundred and two, ninety two,
fifty one to fifty.
Speaker 6 (18:54):
My secret is when I was sixteen seventeen inch years
old living with my mother, I did not want to
get in trouble staying out too late with a boy
and I faked being abducted and kidnapping.
Speaker 12 (19:10):
I know it so horrible, but I did that. I
drove some miles from home as if I was taken
and left there, ripped my clothes and everything highlight on myself.
Speaker 10 (19:24):
My name is Eileen. I have been dealing with a
bunch of personal issues, homelessness, to be.
Speaker 12 (19:30):
Stuff like that.
Speaker 10 (19:31):
I just want everybody to know and we all got it.
You got it, We all got it. Whatever you're going through,
we got it. Just want to say thank you for
being there and for being a life for everyone
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