Description
In Wine Country Women of Willamette Valley & Walla Walla, Michelle Mandro introduces you to a talented group of nearly forty-women who are making significant contributions to the diversity and quality of life in the Willamette Valley & Walla Walla. These accomplished professionals provide a glimpse into their life and work. A favorite family recipe, combined with a pairing suggestion from each Wine Country Woman, makes this a resource book and go-to guide for all types of entertaining events.
Included in this edition are:
Lynn Penner-Ash, Pioneering Winemaker at Penner-Ash Wine Cellars
Susan Sokol Blosser, Matriarch of Sokol Blosser Winery
Anne Weaver, CEO of Elephants Delicatessen
Cathy Whims, Restaurantuer and Chef of Nostrana
Elizabeth Bourcier, Winemaker at Cayuse Vineyards
Ashley Trout, Winemaker of Brook & Bull Cellars
Gina Hennen, Winemaker of Adelsheim Vineyards
Jan Bernau, Vintner at Willamette Valley Vineyards
Rachel Nagler, Restaurantuer of The Maple Counter Café & Pine Cone Creamery
Fiona Mak, Vintner of SMAK Wines
Sadie Drury, General Manager of North Slope Management
Enhanced by beautiful photography that takes the reader on a visually virtual journey, this book captures the essence of the most prominent northeast wine regions. Forging unique paths as tastemakers, entrepreneurs, trailblazers, and role models, these accomplished women’s skillsets are as diverse as the wine regions that have made this area one of the most appealing places to live and work in the United States.
Release Date: March, 2024
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN (print): 978-1-7343770-3-3
Foreword by Staci Wanichek
Staci Wanichek, a native of Walla Walla is the CEO of Evergreen Labs, Inc. the maker of Wine Away. She co-founded the company with her mother, Cheryl Corn. They launched the Wine Away product in 1997. It was recognized by Food & Wine magazine after they touted it’s amazing ability to remove red wine stains. Since then, Wine Away has received numerous media endorsements including the Good Housekeeping seal of approval. More products, in the stain removal genre, have been added to the product line. Staci is a graduate of Washington State University and enjoys photography.
Cover Artist Alexis Day
Alexis Day is a Willamette Valley based, mixed media artist, originally from the coastal town of Bandon, Oregon. Utilizing her background in psychology, she investigates the themes of perception and memory, and how these processes relate to both individual and cultural identity. Working with a variety of mediums including paint, photographs, fabric, thread, and charcoal, Alexis creates artworks that resist categorization, and communicate through both their rendered subject matter, as well as the materials and processes used to create them.
Alexis is represented by Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, Oregon. She has earned an MFA in Visual Studies from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2019, a Bachelor of Science in Art Practices from Portland State University in 2017, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Oregon in 2010. Her artwork has been on exhibit nationwide, including the TAG gallery in Los Angeles, California, at the Foundry in St. Charles, Missouri, the Liberty Arts Gallery in Bend, Oregon, among others.
