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A native Marylander, Mike McEvoy moved west to join Joseph Phelps Vineyards as Director
of Marketing in 2003 and in December 2005 was promoted to Vice President and Director of Sales. Mike is responsible for sales and distribution of JPV wines in the U.S. and over 30
other countries. His fifteen years of marketing and management experience prior to joining
JPV included positions with Legg Mason, Sylvan Learning Systems and Thomson Corporation in Baltimore.
Mike’s first trip to the North Coast wine country in 1992 inspired numerous return visits. In the years that followed, he simultaneously developed a passion for fine wine and a desire to pursue a career in the wine business. Mike worked with historic Boordy Vineyards in his home state of Maryland as Marketing Manager in 2002. His association with Boordy led to a meeting with Tom Shelton, President & CEO of Joseph Phelps Vineyards, and brought Mike to the Napa Valley.
Mike McEvoy is a graduate of Washington & Lee University in Virginia and holds an MBA from the University of Baltimore. He successfully completed Level I of the Court of Master Sommeliers examination in 2004. Besides wine, Mike’s lifelong passions include music and football. Mike is an accomplished guitarist with several recording credits. And, having grown up in Baltimore, he roots for the Ravens, but still misses the Colts. Mike and his wife Gina reside in Napa with boys Owen (11) and Harrison (9) and daughter Isabel (2). | 