Ep 332: Tahiirah Habibbi from the Hue Society Is On a Mission to Diversify Wine

<p><a href="https://thehuesociety.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Tahiirah Habibi</a> grew up in north Philadelphia, graduated from Penn State University and began working in hospitality, while taking wine classes at night to begin her journey of becoming a sommelier and pioneer. </p> <p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/atlantasomm_internal.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></p> <p>In 2012 Tahiirah opened the St.Regis, Bal Harbour. She later moved on to leadership positions at Michael’s Genuine and Baoli. Frustrated with the lack of diversity in the industry she believed her skills could bridge the intersection of wine and culture.  </p> <p> </p> <p>In 2017, she launched <a href="https://thehuesociety.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hue Society</a> as a safe space for the community to learn, commune and find resources in one place.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Tahiirah has been featured in Ocean Drive as one of the top 5 female sommeliers, <a href= "https://vinepair.com/articles/hue-society-tahiirah-habibi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">VinePair</a>, <a href= "http://upscalemagazine.com/wcw-wine-down-introducing-tahiirah-habibi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Upscale Magazine</a>, David Banner Podcast, and <a href="https://imbibemagazine.com/tahiirah-habibi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Imbibe Magazine</a> to name a few.</p> <p><a href="https://thehuesociety.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/hue.png" alt="" width= "200" height="200" /></a></p> <p>With a decade as a sommelier in some of the top end restaurants in Miami, Tahiirah is an accomplished wine professional yet she has struggled every step of the way to gain recognition, and to cope with the overt and covert racism that exists in the industry. She discusses her difficult experiences, including the incident that pro