01
Sip
Experience three Boyd Cru wines selected to complement the themes and energy of the evening.
BLACK WOMANING AFTER HOURS™ PRESENTS
The First Pour
An intimate evening featuring a guided tasting of three Boyd Cru wines, conversation and candid reflection inspired by the seven rules of Playing the Game While Black Womaning in Corporate America™.
DATE
September 26, 2026
TIME
5:00–7:30 PM
LOCATION
Boyd Cru Wines · Savage, Maryland
$125
per guest
LIMITED FIRST RELEASE
Includes wine, guided tasting and event experience.
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Flexible payment options available at checkout.
Limited seating · All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
PREVIEW
NO. 001
THE EXPERIENCE
This isn’t another networking event.
Black Womaning After Hours™ is an intimate space for Black women to exhale, connect and have the conversations that rarely make it into the conference room.
The First Pour brings the seven rules of Playing the Game While Black Womaning in Corporate America™ off the page and into the room through wine, conversation and candid reflection.
02
Talk
Explore the seven rules through the stories, observations and lived experiences Black women rarely get to unpack together.
03
Reflect
Decide what you’re taking with you, what you’re leaving behind and what you may choose to do differently when Monday comes.
CREATOR & HOST
Nicole S. Palmer
Author of Playing the Game While Black Womaning in Corporate America™
Creator and host of Black Womaning After Hours™
GUIDED WINE TASTING
Eden Hansom
Due Femmes. Guiding guests through the three featured wines of The First Pour.
No panels. No elevator pitches. No performing.
Just good wine, real conversation and room to be.THE TASTING
Seven rules.
Three wines.
You make the connection.
Three Boyd Cru wines. Seven rules. You make the connection before we reveal ours.
07
RULES
×
03
WINES
=
ONE
very good
conversation.
conversation.
TASTE
What do you notice?
Experience each wine without knowing which of the seven rules we’ve paired with it. Pay attention to what stands out and where the wine takes you.
PAIR
Which rule belongs here?
Put the wine and the rules together. Trust your read, make your selections and see whether your interpretation matches ours.
DEFEND
Make your case.
Compare notes, challenge a pairing and tell us why yours makes more sense. Then we’ll reveal the official First Pour pairings and see who read the room best.
AND YES,
we’re keeping score.
There might just be something in it for whoever gets the most right.
There may not be a wrong answer.
But you better be ready to defend yours. Reserve Your SeatSISTERBRIDGE A SEAT™
Can’t take
your seat?
SisterBridge
someone else’s.
Black Womaning After Hours™ was created to make room for the conversations Black women rarely get to have together. SisterBridge a Seat™ makes room for one more.
MAKE ROOM FOR ONE MORE
If you can’t attend,
If you can’t attend,
or can do a little more.
Contribute toward a ticket for a woman who otherwise might not be able to attend. Sponsored seats will be made available through The SisterBridge Fund.
$125
ONE SEAT
One more woman
in the room.
in the room.
TWO WAYS TO MAKE ROOM
Take your seat.
Or make one possible.
SisterBridge a Seat™ contributions support access to Black Womaning After Hours™ experiences and are not charitable contributions.
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