Andréa McBride John
Andréa serves as CEO of McBride Sisters Wine Company, a multinational
organization headquartered in
Oakland, California. It is in the top 1% of volume, largest Black-owned and
largest women founded
wine company in the United States, as well as one of the most inclusive,
accessible, and socially
aware. With her sister Robin, Andréa began importing wines from New Zealand in
2005 and began making
their own wine together in 2009. By spring 2017, the pair were producing wine
from their hometowns
in Aotearoa New Zealand and California under one label, McBride Sisters
Collection.
In 2018, they launched Black Girl Magic Wines, a celebratory wine brand paying
homage to women in
their family and community, and debuted SHE CAN Wines, a premium canned wine in
2019 on
International Women’s Day.
Andréa serves as a Board Member for McBride Sisters SHE CAN Professional
Development Fund which she
founded in 2019 with her sister Robin. Since its inception the fund has awarded
over $3M in
scholarships, grants and technical training to 3,000 professional women in wine
& spirits,
hospitality and finance. In 2021 the fund partnered with Southern University of
Louisiana as their
flagship HBCU, to create a career pipeline for diverse students into the wine
industry.
Andréa and Robin were the first Black women Winery owners on the cover of Wine
Enthusiast magazine,
she has been recognized as one of Wine Enthusiast’s 40 Under 40 and has been
nominated for the Wine
Star Award US Winery of the Year 2021.
Andréa holds her B.A. in International Relations with a concentration in Global
Business from the
University of Southern California 2007. She is a member of the 2022 Class of
Henry Crown Fellows
within the Aspen Global Leadership Network at the Aspen Institute and she
resides in San Francisco
with her husband Fabian and daughter Meursault.
