Everyday People: Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein, ‘destined’ to make wine, movies

Published 9:50 am Monday, February 2, 2026

Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein is living her dream. She’s an Astoria-based winemaker and film director, which she said go hand in hand.

“You know how it is as a little girl, deep down inside you, you have your goals, your dreams, your visions, and mine seemed to be Hollywood and to make movies,” said Goldstein. “And then somewhere in there, the world of wine opened along the way, and I feel that it was divine. It was destined.”

Goldstein started her winery in 2017, inspired by her grandfather, who brewed beer on the farm she grew up on. During and after college, she fell in love with making fruit wines.

“Wine making, it teaches you to be patient, and as a Black woman, that’s taught me to be resilient, and no matter what to keep getting up,” said Goldstein. “Every bottle creates both of those things for me — the patience of the vine and the resilience of the journey.”

From there, she knew she wanted to start her business as the first Black female winery owner in Oregon. She said she hadn’t realized the history she was making when she started, but she realized the greater significance of her venture after exploring state licensing records.

Winemaking was more than a process she loved. By pursuing this business, she felt she was reclaiming space in an industry where stories like hers aren’t present. Goldstein said she couldn’t have done it without her ancestors.

“It’s inevitable for me to attribute everything to our ancestors because of the journey that they endured for me to be able to stand and have the rights that I have today to be able to walk freely, to be able to speak freely,” Goldstein said. “That influences me, and it would be pretty tough to not say that influences someone a great deal.”

She feels similarly about her role as a film director. Goldstein graduated from UCLA with a degree in filmmaking and, according to imdb.com, she is known for: “Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History,” “Westworld,” and “Wisdom of the Crowd,” among others.

“The spaces that I love are predominantly male occupied and they’re not very diverse, but it shouldn’t be like that,” Goldstein said. “If we love something, we should be able to pursue it.”

From a young age, Goldstein was called to causes of human rights and greater humanity. They are elements she works hard to incorporate into both her wine and film projects.

“I want people, when they taste my wine, to taste intention, discipline, legacy — and with each bottle, there is a purpose in bringing up who we are,” said Goldstein.

In 2021, Cosmopolitan granted the “Best Charitable Wine” award to the Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein winery. Goldstein donates a portion of proceeds from what she calls #PurposeWine to various causes, which have included the NAACP, the Black Music Action Coalition, Black Lives Matter, and the Parkinson’s Foundation.

Goldstein said these donations are a part of her legacy and fulfill a responsibility she feels to make a difference for the generations who came before and come after her. She’s motivated by the quote her mother always says.

“If I stand on your shoulders or you stand on mine, we see further.”

For more information about Goldstein, readers can visit EuniceChiwesheGoldsteinWinery.com.