Wine Country Women, LLC is a woman-owned luxury lifestyle and entertainment brand providing an opportunity to meet the extraordinary women who inspire us in wine country through lifestyle books, broadcast media, signature events, and more.

Mission: Wine Country Women brings the world the stories, voices, and remarkable journeys of the extraordinary women shaping wine country.

Founder / President

Michelle Mandro is the founder and president of Wine Country Women, LLC. She was on the forefront of placing a spotlight on the extraordinary women in wine country. Michelle has worked in the wine industry for more than fifteen years, beginning as the executive director of the American Institute of Wine & Food, a national association started by Robert Mondavi and Julia Child. Her experience includes working for wineries, corporate America with two Fortune 500 companies, and in television news at the CBS and NBC affiliates in Louisville, Kentucky. Michelle moved to the Napa Valley in 2005 and has been dividing her time between California and Kentucky the last few years.

When Michelle isn’t spearheading the success of her business, she enjoys hosting social gatherings, watching polo matches and thoroughbred horse racing, traveling the world, and supporting cancer initiatives and restoration and preservation projects of historic properties.