Tina Mitchell

After a serendipidous introduction to wine through a college friend's new winery in Ukiah, California, Tina began her first classes of vitriculture and enology at University of California, Davis. She was "bit by the bug", as they say, and continued on to earn her degree from UC Davis. Upon graduation, she promptly moved to Napa and began working at Louis Martini and Niebaum Coppola, where she was able to make wine alongside celebrated winemaker André Tchelistcheff.

Soon after, she went to work at William Hill Winery where she rose from lab enologist to winemaker during her 12-year tenure. In 2003, Tina came to Palmaz where she spear-headed the winemaking team. Her hands-on approach in every aspect from vines to grapes to bottle has helped create the world class winemaking program that Palmaz prides itself on.

After more than 20 years as Head Winemaker at Palmaz Vineyards, Tina has now taken on a consulting role in the winemaking program as her son, Doug Mitchell, takes the helm with the 2025 harvest as Head Winemaker.