{"id":15,"date":"2026-07-23T16:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/the-bottles\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:33:20","slug":"the-bottles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/the-bottles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bottles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='bd'><header class='bd-head'>\n  <a class='bd-brand' href='https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/'><span class='bd-brand-mk'>Black Diamond<\/span><span class='bd-brand-sub'>New Orleans<\/span><\/a>\n  <nav class='bd-nav'>\n    <a href='https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/'>Home<\/a>\n    <a href='https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/menu'>Menu<\/a>\n    <a href='https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/the-bottles'>The Bottles<\/a>\n    <a href='https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/reservations'>Reservations<\/a>\n    <a class='bd-btn bd-btn-gold bd-nav-cta' href='https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/reservations'>Reserve<\/a>\n  <\/nav>\n  <button class='bd-burger' aria-label='Menu'><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/button>\n<\/header><section class='bd-pagehero'>\n  <div class='bd-wrap'><span class='bd-eyebrow'>The Statement<\/span><h1>The Bottles<\/h1><p>Not most. Not the featured ones. Every single bottle in this building is Black-owned \u2014 and every one has a family behind it.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class='bd-band' style='background:#0e0e12'>\n  <div class='bd-wrap'>\n    <h2>Black Diamond was built because the bottles were never ours.<\/h2>\n    <p>The music was ours. The food was ours. In a city we built, in a culture we made, the one thing that never belonged to us was the shelf behind the bar. So Angel built the room where it does. Black diamonds form deeper than white ones \u2014 under more pressure, over more time, in harder ground. That is not a metaphor we reached for. That is just the truth about how we got here.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class='bd-sec'>\n  <div class='bd-wrap'>\n    <div class='bd-sec-head'><div class='bd-rule'><\/div><span class='bd-eyebrow'>The Spirits<\/span><h2>The Black-Owned Shelf<\/h2><p>Guest brands poured alongside the Oddusee house line.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class='bd-cards'><div class='bd-card'><h4>Whiskey &amp; Bourbon<\/h4><ul><li>Uncle Nearest<\/li><li>Brough Brothers<\/li><li>Fresh Bourbon<\/li><li>Black Button<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='bd-card'><h4>Cognac<\/h4><ul><li>Branson<\/li><li>Cognac Sanchez<\/li><li>Bianco Roze<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='bd-card'><h4>Rum<\/h4><ul><li>Ten To One<\/li><li>Equiano<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='bd-card'><h4>Vodka<\/h4><ul><li>Du Nord<\/li><li>Fifth Avenue<\/li><li>Anteel<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='bd-card'><h4>Tequila<\/h4><ul><li>Cierto<\/li><li>Tequila Suave<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='bd-card'><h4>Gin<\/h4><ul><li>Anteel<\/li><li>Freeland<\/li><li>Vigilant<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class='bd-card'><h4>Cream &amp; Liqueur<\/h4><ul><li>Cheurlin<\/li><li>Amaro Angeleno<\/li><li>Ten To One Dark<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class='bd-callout'><b>Before print<\/b>Ownership changes, and this shelf cannot afford to be wrong about it. Confirm current Black ownership and Louisiana distribution for every brand here before the menu goes to print.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class='bd-sec' style='background:#0e0e12;border-top:1px solid var(--bd-line)'>\n  <div class='bd-wrap'>\n    <div class='bd-sec-head'><div class='bd-rule'><\/div><span class='bd-eyebrow'>The Wine<\/span><h2>The Black Vintners List<\/h2><p>A section, not a footnote. Bottles $60\u2013180 \u2014 people order the story.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class='bd-cards'><div class='bd-card'><li style='border:0;padding:0'><strong style='color:var(--bd-cream);font-size:16px'>McBride Sisters<\/strong><span style='margin-top:6px'>California &middot; largest Black-owned wine company in the U.S.<\/span><\/li><\/div><div class='bd-card'><li style='border:0;padding:0'><strong style='color:var(--bd-cream);font-size:16px'>Brown Estate<\/strong><span style='margin-top:6px'>Napa Valley &middot; Napa&rsquo;s first Black-owned estate winery.<\/span><\/li><\/div><div class='bd-card'><li style='border:0;padding:0'><strong style='color:var(--bd-cream);font-size:16px'>Th\u00e9odore Charles<\/strong><span style='margin-top:6px'>California &middot; family label, modern classics.<\/span><\/li><\/div><div class='bd-card'><li style='border:0;padding:0'><strong style='color:var(--bd-cream);font-size:16px'>Maison Noir<\/strong><span style='margin-top:6px'>Oregon &middot; Andr\u00e9 Hueston Mack, streetwear meets Willamette.<\/span><\/li><\/div><div class='bd-card'><li style='border:0;padding:0'><strong style='color:var(--bd-cream);font-size:16px'>Abbey Creek<\/strong><span style='margin-top:6px'>Oregon &middot; Bertony Faustin, the state&rsquo;s first Black winemaker.<\/span><\/li><\/div><div class='bd-card'><li style='border:0;padding:0'><strong style='color:var(--bd-cream);font-size:16px'>Longevity<\/strong><span style='margin-top:6px'>Livermore &middot; Phil &amp; Debra Long.<\/span><\/li><\/div><div class='bd-card'><li style='border:0;padding:0'><strong style='color:var(--bd-cream);font-size:16px'>Vision Cellars<\/strong><span style='margin-top:6px'>California &middot; Mac McDonald, pinot noir specialist.<\/span><\/li><\/div><div class='bd-card'><li style='border:0;padding:0'><strong style='color:var(--bd-cream);font-size:16px'>Charles Wine Company<\/strong><span style='margin-top:6px'>A family name on the bottle.<\/span><\/li><\/div><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class='bd-sec'>\n  <div class='bd-wrap'>\n    <div class='bd-sec-head'><div class='bd-rule'><\/div><span class='bd-eyebrow'>The Beer<\/span><h2>On Tap &amp; In the Cooler<\/h2><\/div>\n    <div class='bd-items one'>\n      <div class='bd-item'><div class='bd-item-top'><div class='nm'>Cajun Fire <span class='art' style='display:inline;color:var(--bd-mut-2);margin-left:8px'>New Orleans, LA \u2014 poured first<\/span><\/div><span class='dots'><\/span><div class='pr'>$7\u20139<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n      <div class='bd-item'><div class='bd-item-top'><div class='nm'>Crowns &amp; Hops &middot; Harlem Brewing &middot; Montclair &middot; Weathered Souls<\/div><span class='dots'><\/span><div class='pr'>$7\u20139<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section><footer class='bd-foot'>\n  <div class='bd-wrap bd-foot-grid'>\n    <div>\n      <div class='bd-brand-mk'>Black Diamond<\/div>\n      <div class='bd-brand-sub'>New Orleans, Louisiana<\/div>\n      <p>Every bottle in this building is Black-owned. Not most. Every single one.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div>\n      <h4>Hours<\/h4>\n      <p>Dinner &middot; 4pm \u2013 11pm<\/p>\n      <p>Kitchen closes at 11<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div>\n      <h4>Visit<\/h4>\n      <a href='https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/reservations'>Reservations<\/a>\n      <a href='https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/menu'>The Menu<\/a>\n      <a href='https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/the-bottles'>The Bottles<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div>\n      <h4>Get the drop<\/h4>\n      <p>New pours and live dates.<\/p>\n      <form class='bd-signup' onsubmit='return false'><input type='email' placeholder='Your email' aria-label='Email'><button class='bd-btn bd-btn-gold' type='submit'>Join<\/button><\/form>\n      <a href='https:\/\/instagram.com\/'>Instagram &rarr;<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class='bd-wrap'><div class='bd-underline'>Under pressure, we became diamonds.<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class='bd-wrap bd-foot-btm'><span>&copy; Black Diamond &middot; Oddusee Group<\/span><span>New Orleans, Louisiana<\/span><\/div>\n<\/footer><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/blackdiamond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}