Julia Coney Biography
Julia Coney is an American journalist and wine writer who has fought for industry diversity and inclusion. Coney worked as a legal assistant and beauty blogger until 2016, when she decided to pursue her long-held love in wine writing. She is a WSET Level Two Certified Wine and Spirits Professional.
Julia Coney Age
Coney was born and raised in the United States of America.
Julia Coney Family
She has not yet disclosed any information about her parents or whether she has siblings. Attempts to establish the identities of her family, her mother, and her father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether she has any siblings.
Julia Coney Husband
Coney is happily married to her husband; they lives in Washington, DC, and Houston, Texas.
Julia Coney Career
Coney worked as a legal assistant and beauty blogger until 2016, when she decided to pursue her long-held love in wine writing. She is a WSET Level Two Certified Wine and Spirits Professional. Coney has fought for diversity and inclusion in the wine industry and routinely writes about the intersectionality of wine and racism In response to an article MacNeil wrote for SOMM journal about the lack of women in the wine industry and highlighting dozens of female wine professionals, none of whom were women of color, she wrote an open letter to Karen MacNeil and the wine industry in 2018 titled Your Wine Glass Ceiling is My Wine Glass Box.
She wrote an essay about racism in the wine industry and founded Black Wine Professionals, a database tool aimed at increasing industry diversity. Coney has stated that she is frequently subjected to microaggressions from industry colleagues and wine customers. In restaurants, she claims that servers and sommeliers “steer her to cheaper wines or sweeter choices that fit their stereotype of what she might enjoy.” She has told experiences about tasting pours being smaller for her than for white men. Coney established Black Wine Professionals in 2020, a database of black professionals working in various industry roles, with the goal of increasing diversity in the wine sector by giving a tool for people planning tastings and tours.
Julia Coney Net Worth
Julia has an estimated net worth of 500 thousand dollars.