Associated Press

Associated Press
TRYING IT OUT: Rolando Herrera samples some pinot noir wine from a barrel at his winery in Napa, Calif. Herrera worked at a variety of jobs and sometimes slept in his car during his struggle to realize his dream in becoming a winemaker.
END RESULT: Winemaker Mac McDonald of Vision Cellars holds a bottle of his 2000 Sonoma County pinot noir wine at the Showcase of Sonoma in Geyserville, Calif. Vision Cellars is one of a handful of black-owned wineries. McDonald, who moved to Northern California as a young man to be closer to the wine industry, paid the bills for years by working at Pacific Gas and Electric.