Viticulturist responsible for scouting and managing 16 diverse vineyards throughout the South of England. Including timely management report writing, budgeting and planning. I have reduced the time needed to produce the reports by 2/3 with efficient automation.Managing the schedule, forecasts and calculate labour resources that are required to satisfy the customer needs. Scheduling and direction of overall daily activities for all personnel during winter pruning, summer canopy management… Show more Viticulturist responsible for scouting and managing 16 diverse vineyards throughout the South of England. Including timely management report writing, budgeting and planning. I have reduced the time needed to produce the reports by 2/3 with efficient automation.Managing the schedule, forecasts and calculate labour resources that are required to satisfy the customer needs. Scheduling and direction of overall daily activities for all personnel during winter pruning, summer canopy management and harvesting.Management of all tractor operations, equipment (including spraying) and the tractor operator’s schedules.Communicating expectations to team members, setting goals, motivating, and supervision of team members where necessary.Training of vineyard personnel inform team members in company standards, job duties, health and safety, and compliance.Preparing accurate department budgets. Show less

Management of all vineyard operations and logistics on 19 vineyard sites across Essex.

As a long-time entrepreneur, I am passionate about coaching others to realise their full potential. Whether in the vineyard or office.

The consulting brief to Promesses de la Terre was specifically around the winemaking but that is not possible without going into the vinyard which is Biodynamic. We are working on particularly the Roses and looking into new ways to optimise fruit and eliminating all cases of reduction.​Consultant Winemaker

Château de La Colline is situated on a high plateau overlooking the stunning Dordogne Valley in South West France. My "petit bijou" is a small 17 ha boutique winery.Having successively elevated La Colline's reputation, it is today recognised as one of the top three new wave quality producers in the region. This is born out by the acclaim achieved through continual international awards and an ever growing press book.Managed to maximise profitability over a 17 year period with a great… Show more Château de La Colline is situated on a high plateau overlooking the stunning Dordogne Valley in South West France. My "petit bijou" is a small 17 ha boutique winery.Having successively elevated La Colline's reputation, it is today recognised as one of the top three new wave quality producers in the region. This is born out by the acclaim achieved through continual international awards and an ever growing press book.Managed to maximise profitability over a 17 year period with a great product and good sales combined with innovative vineyard management, creative vinification, producing exciting different quality wines, as well as sustained marketing.Developed a strong brand recognition within the regional Michelin star restaurants and for wine lovers throughout Europe. Supervised & conducted various laboratory tests in our in house Laboratory to monitor the progress of the grapes, ensuring their quality and to followed the wines through to bottlingA personal touch was given to guided tours, wine tastings and offering advice to visitors about the various aspects of wine production.Essential effective record and book keeping as well as dealing on a daily basis with the french administration system.. Show less

Domaine des AngesSainte Cecile GroupeChâteau de SoursUVCVBVC Bulgarian VintnersVinservicesChateau La RicheCape Vineyards two month consultancy project for Western Wines in the Worcester region of SouthAfrica, consulting 7 large Cooperative wineries on their Semillon production.

Inspired by a Decanter article on Nick Ryman’s winemaking exploits in Bergerac, I approached him from New Zealand for a position - which was accepted.In 1988, whilst at La Jaubertie I won the white wine winemaker of the year award in the International WINE Challenge.Crafted the wines from their birth in the vineyard right the way through to their sale in the market.General wine estate management including:Leading, managing and training the 10 vineyard and winery workers involved… Show more Inspired by a Decanter article on Nick Ryman’s winemaking exploits in Bergerac, I approached him from New Zealand for a position - which was accepted.In 1988, whilst at La Jaubertie I won the white wine winemaker of the year award in the International WINE Challenge.Crafted the wines from their birth in the vineyard right the way through to their sale in the market.General wine estate management including:Leading, managing and training the 10 vineyard and winery workers involved in the production and harvesting of grapes.Brought on board 8 local growers for supply grapes, researched and implemented a quality payment schedule.Organised the crushing and pressing of grapes, the settling of juice and the fermentation of grape material.Directed the filtering of wine to remove remaining solids.Conducted laboratory tests and monitored quality of wine.Prepared plans for bottling wine once it was matured and made sure that quality was maintained when the wine was bottled.Managed development and cultivation of the vineyard including soil management, fertilisation, disease, pest and weed control.Responsible for the computerisation of the property (stock management, invoicing, accounts, pay).Made great wines won lots of medals.Huge client following and kudos. Show less