Family Equality on Bravo’s "The Real Housewives of Orange County"

No spoilers here but Family Equality will be on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County!

Earlier this summer we announced the launch of GEMS, a collection of four sparkling wines — our partnership with Heather Dubrow, entrepreneur, podcast host, author, and cast member of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County. And now we have more news to share! You may see a few Family Equality faces in the upcoming episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County that air on Thursday, September 5 and Thursday, September 12. As part of our partnership with Heather, Family Equality team members attended two events in California’s Sonoma County — a wine tasting at Equality Vines and a Family Equality fundraiser. Both events were hosted by Heather and filmed this spring for the current season of the show.

Matthew Ramsey (center) with The Real Housewives of Orange County — Family Equality’s Matthew Ramsey, VP, Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships (center), with The Real Housewives of Orange County’s Emily Simpson, Alexis Bellino, Gina Kirschenheiter, and Heather Dubrow (left to right) at Heather’s fundraising event for Family Equality

GEMS sparkling wine collection is produced in collaboration with Equality Vines, the world’s first cause wine portfolio dedicated to equality for all, and the wines are crafted by Rack & Riddle, the number one custom sparkling wine producer in the U.S. And 100% of the proceeds from the wine collection goes to Family Equality!

Dan Bucatinsky, Matthew Ramsey, Dr. Terry Dubrow, and Tonya Agnew (Family Equality's VP, Communications & Marketing) at Heather's Family Equality fundraising event — *Dan Bucatinsky, Matthew Ramsey, Dr. Terry Dubrow, and Tonya Agnew (Family Equality’s VP, Communications & Marketing) at Heather’s Family Equality fundraising event*

Matthew Ramsey, Manveer Sandhu (Rack & Riddle's Executive Director of Winemaking), Dan Hackett (Spicy Vines' Winemaker Jim Obergefell (Co-founder of Equality Vines and Family Equality Board Member), Matt Grove (Co-founder of Equality Vines), and Mike Walsh (left to right) at Heather's Family Equality fundraising event — Matthew Ramsey, Manveer Sandhu (Rack & Riddle’s Executive Director of Winemaking), Dan Hackett (Spicy Vines’ Winemaker Jim Obergefell (Co-founder of Equality Vines and Family Equality Board Member), Matt Grove (Co-founder of Equality Vines), and Mike Walsh (left to right) at Heather’s Family Equality fundraising event

Dr. Terry Dubrow, Dan Bucatinsky, Matthew Ramsey, Jim Obergefell, and Tonya Agnew waiting for Heather's fashion show to start — *Dr. Terry Dubrow, Dan Bucatinsky, Matthew Ramsey, Jim Obergefell, and Tonya Agnew waiting for Heather’s fashion show to start*

GEMS, Heather's sparkling wine collection — *GEMS, Heather’s sparkling wine collection*

But wait! There’s more!

In addition to being part of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Matthew Ramsey and Jim Obergefell will be guest bartenders on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen on Thursday, September 12. We’re thrilled to have another opportunity to highlight Family Equality and GEMS on this national platform.

*Matthew Ramsey, Tonya Agnew, and Jim Obergefell waiting outside Equality Vines before the wine-tasting event and filming*

Matt Grove, Cheralyn Stevenson, Jaymes Black, Tamra Judge, Alexis Bellino, Heather Dubrow, Matthew Ramsey, and Jim Obergefell at the wine-tasting event hosted at Equality Vines' tasting room — *Matt Grove, Cheralyn Stevenson, Jaymes Black, Tamra Judge, Alexis Bellino, Heather Dubrow, Matthew Ramsey, and Jim Obergefell at the wine-tasting event hosted at Equality Vines’ tasting room*

Tune in!

While we don’t know how much we’ll be featured on the upcoming episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County, we are grateful to have been part of the filming of the current season and for a decade of authentic allyship and support from the Dubrow family! We also can’t say enough about our wonderful collaborators, Equality Vines and Rack & Riddle. Their dedication and care to bring Heather’s idea to fruition are more than we could have dreamed.

To watch The Real Housewives of Orange County or Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Check your local listings or watch via streaming.

GEMS is available for online ordering and will ship to you.