Mireille's third book, entitled Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility, was released on October 13, 2009. The book is a guide (with plenty of stories) for women in business, based on her experiences and years at Veuve Clicquot.
By popular request, Mireille’s next book is The French Women Don’t Get Fat Cookbook featuring 150 new recipes. Look for it in April 2010.
In September 2008, Hilary Swank's production company bought the film rights to French Women Don't Get Fat; the plan is to make a romantic comedy with Mireille's famous French lifestyle message. The script is currently in development. Stay tuned!
One of the few women who have reached the top echelon of the wine and spirits as well as luxury goods industry, Mireille is credited with growing Champagne Veuve Clicquot's top image and overseeing a remarkable pattern of double digit growth in the USA year after year after year. She wrote the initial marketing plan, and under her leadership, Veuve Clicquot's market share in America grew from less than one percent to more than 25%. Her casebook strategic approach to positioning and growing ultra-premium brands is often cited and followed in the industry.
Mireille has been called a champion of women in business and works with groups promoting business opportunities and education for women. She frequently presents nationally and internationally on business topics, especially related to the luxury goods sector, as well as on wine and gastronomy.
A sought-after guest on radio and television in the USA and abroad, Mireille has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CBS' The Early Show, NBC's Dateline and CNN, among many national broadcasts, and has been profiled in The New York Times, USA Today, TIME, Newsweek, The Robb Report, Business Week, Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine and dozens more. For years she has also contributed articles on food, wine, travel and lifestyle to a wide range of publications, including Newsweek and The Quarterly Review of Wines.
A native of France, Mireille grew up amidst cooks, chefs and restaurateurs in provincial France and was educated in Paris, where she studied French and English literature at the Sorbonne and languages at the Institut Supérieur d'Interprétariat et de Traduction. Mireille holds the French equivalent of a master's degree in English and German and a certification as a translator/interpreter. She also has a command of Italian and several other languages. She currently resides in Manhattan with her husband, Edward, president and CEO of New York Institute of Technology, and makes frequent trips to their homes in Paris and Provence for business and pleasure...always pleasure.
Mireille is passionate about food and wine and cites breakfast, lunch and dinner as her favorite pastimes. The sound of corks popping truly is music to her ears.