
Shakia Williams always had an appreciation for wine. When she and her now-husband, Clifford, started dating, the couple savored moments together visiting wineries and doing wine tastings. From there, she began working at wineries. “I learned how to operationalize a winery and make wine,” said Shakia, the owner of Hatboro-based Cyrenity Sips Winery , a micro-winery producing 16 staples and more than two dozen seasonal favorites such as Marionberry wine. By 2017, Shakia, whose career background is in corporate compliance, became a home winemaker, churning out small batches in her Virginia Beach