Michael H. Evans

[2] He was also previously Executive Director of CTIA Foundation, an international association for the wireless telecommunications industry and ran business development for iNetnow,[3] a start-up Web-based concierge service in 2000.

[4] Evans, a former technology and political executive, went on vacation to Mendoza, Argentina in 2004.

Shortly after meeting his business partner Pablo Gimenez Riili, they formed The Vines of Mendoza together.

[5] With Riili, Evans raised money from friends and family, purchased 900 acres of land in the Uco Valley, and created The Vines of Mendoza's private vineyard estates.

[6][7] Evans and Riili also established The Vines of Mendoza Tasting Room that provides 100 Argentine wines in one location.