‘RHOA’ Star Cynthia Bailey Making Business Moves As She Gears Up to Open Wine Cellar

Cynthia Bailey

Cynthia Bailey isn’t one to back away from a business venture and the 51-year-old supermodel is entering a new one all about wine.

On Wednesday, “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star revealed she plans to open a wine vault called, “The Bailey Wine Cellar.”

“Some things just get better with age🍷 #comingsoon #thebaileywinecellar,” she wrote in the caption of her July 18 post.

A glimpse of the design plans from MOSA Architects reveals the cellar will be located on Grant Street in Atlanta, which is in the city’s Grant Park neighborhood.

Fans quickly began congratulating the star and said they’d keep their eyes peeled for an opening date.

“Congratulations🍾🙌🏽🎊👌🏾 wow that great news. Look at God!!! Very proud and happy for you. Definitely will come there once it’s open.”

“#goals congrats @cynthiabailey10. I will support! You are AMAZING and I strive to get to where you are daily.”

“Congratulations!! Cha Ching 👏👏💰💰💰.”

“Make that money girl! lol :-)”

“Do your thang! Yes, Ms. Bailey!”

“I’m coming to get tipsy. 👏👏👏😁😁.”

“Now I would defiantly check that out next time I’m in Atlanta!”

This is just the latest business Bailey is entering into. On season 8 of RHOA, the star documented her foray into the eyewear business and launched Cynthia Bailey Eyewear. She also tapped then-housewife and “Living Single” star Kim Fields to direct a commercial for it, which featured some of the fellow ‘wives.

“I’m not selling socks; I’m selling eyewear, so I really have to kind of be a little hands on,” the supermodel told The Daily Dish in 2016. “The people that work with Cynthia Bailey Eyewear, we have to give them an opportunity or somewhere where they can actually put the glasses on. So that’s what I’m looking forward to the most.”

And even though she explained she had other fashion-related businesses coming down the pipeline — including a line of wigs and hair extensions and an idea for one focused on hats and watches — Bailey isn’t hanging up her hat on her love of modeling

She signed with modeling agency Major New York in May.

Still independent.

We hope this story was worth your time. For over 14 years, Atlanta Black Star has stayed Black-owned and independently run. We didn't get here by waiting on ad budgets that were never built to prioritize us. Our readers did that.

Corporate support for Black media has always been thin. Outlets like ours get roughly 1% of the $170 billion spent on U.S. advertising each year, and that margin is shrinking further as advertisers walk back the DEI-linked commitments they made in 2020. That's the backdrop. It's not why we're asking.

The wider picture isn't any steadier. Newspaper ad revenue has fallen more than 80% since 2005, and local newsrooms are closing at a rate of roughly two a week nationwide. When outlets go under, it's rarely the ones built to center a Black perspective from the ground up that get to stick around.

We know a request for support isn't why you came here. But without readers choosing to fund this work directly, the depth of reporting we can do at home and abroad shrinks along with everyone else's. If you're not in a position to give, that doesn't change how much we value you as a reader.

If you are able to, a recurring contribution does more for us than a single one-time gift, because it lets us plan the next investigation instead of just the next invoice. It takes about 30 seconds, no long form, no account. Thank you for continuing to support independent journalism and freedom of the press.

Back to top