How Devin Reed and NBC’s Grand Crew Are Helping to Normalize Black Wine Culture

Napa Valley Wine Academy

The pilot episode of the new NBC sitcom “Grand Crew”—a buddy comedy about a group of Black friends who adopt a wine bar as their go-to hangout spot—begins with a monologue, delivered by an older Black gentleman in a snappy black suit. “For ages, the Black man has been seen as many things,” he begins. “As sketchy; as wild; as arrogant and insensitive. But I’m going to let you in on a little secret about Black men: We have a softer, more sensitive side.”