When you purchase a bottle from Title IX Vineyards, you’re doing more than enjoying exceptional wine. You’re helping create unforgettable experiences for cancer survivors, athletes overcoming adversity, and families facing life’s toughest moments.

Together, through Title IX Vineyards, Crush for a Cause Foundation, and the  Joy+Us Foundation⁠, we can transform challenges into hope, resilience into opportunity, and ordinary moments into extraordinary memories.

For Michele, giving back was never about publicity or recognition. It was about understanding the power of using her platform for the greater good. Young women and athletes need to see what is possible. They need people willing to invest in them, believe in them, and remind them that their dreams are worth pursuing. Whether through sports, broadcasting, philanthropy, or entrepreneurship, Michele continues to show that leadership is not just about what you accomplish personally—it is about how many people you help lift along the way.

Some stories don’t begin in a vineyard—they begin on a field.

For Michele, the journey into the world of wine started thousands of miles away, while competing at the highest level of softball. As a member of the U.S. National Team, she spent years traveling back and forth between the United States and Japan— sometimes 8x a year back and forth as she balanced playing for Team USA and the international competition with her professional career playing for Toyota Shokki.

It was during those years abroad that something unexpected began to take root.