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Napa, California, Estados Unidos

Piamonte, Italia

• Creation and review of global technical content and communications materials: - Newsletters, flyers, catalogs, brochures, and leaflets. - Digital campaigns (traffic, awareness, boost posts), social media posts.
• Marketing strategy development for new products launches, naming analysis, support for communication plan development.
• Podcast development and management.
• Storyboard drafting and creative support in the production of video clips, webinars, and short technical videos.
• Graphic design advice: trade show artwork, visuals for social media posts, advertisements, templates, technical materials, catalogs, etc.
• Visual concept evaluation, copy and key messages creation.

Piamonte, Italia

• Global Technical Sales Support: client visits and roundtable organization, personalized protocol creation, problem solving, wine tasting and fault identification. Winemaking processes optimization and sensory wine.
• Technical sales training.
• Creation and review of internal and external presentations: technical and sales key points.
• Lab Technician (analysis, trials, data interpretation, R&D).
• Harvest trials (ex. Flotation, enzymes performances).
• Tasting panel, wine sensory improvement and fault identification.Familiarity with Business Intelligence (BI).

Windsor, California

• Analysis focused mainly on pre-bottling wine processes (clarification, stabilization and filtration).
• Interpretation of results and proposal of winemaking solutions.
• Tasting panel, wine sensory improvement and fault identification.
• Update and create new Lab methods.

Yountville, Napa, California

• Collaborate with the senior winemaker and cellar master to manage daily cellar tasks and wine analyses efficiently. Responsibilities include:
• Daily lab analysis and data input.
• Grape sampling and monitoring vineyards.
• Conduct general cellar operations and contribute to tastings and wine evaluations.

Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand

• Conducting essential winemaking lab analyses and ensuring calibration and standardization compliance/requirements.
• Performing quality checks on wine samples before bottling and accurately interpreting and recording relevant data.
• Proficient in Vintrace winery management software.

Reus Y Alrededores, España

• Experimental Microvinification with diverse grape varieties, including trials performed for some of the major winemaking suppliers.
• Work closely with the winemaker to strategize production processes and prioritize daily tasks, both in the cellar and the lab.
• Microbial knowledge: preparation of growth media, sample plating, plate counting, and conducting microfiltration for post-bottling microbiology wine control.

Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand

Collecting samples from tanks and barrels for all laboratory analyses necessary for winemaking and the bottling preparation process.

Monterey, California

• Collect samples, data, and conduct essential lab analyses.
• Perform standard operation, maintenance, and calibration of FTIR Analyzer (Foss FT120 Grapescan) and Flow Injection Analyzer (Foss FiaStar 5000).
• Perform wine blend trials and bottling wine preparation, ensuring bottling quality control analysis.
• Maintain rigorous preparation, documentation, and traceability of reagents and standards.

Masnou, Barcelona

• Verify homogeneity and stability in cream liquors and engage in sensorial analysis for product development.
• Monitor alcohol concentration and conduct distillation using a heating mantle and distillation column.
• Water control by evaluating free residual chlorine, nitrates, and water hardness.

Food Engineering

Degree In Food Engineering

- Scientific and technological knowledge in projecting, planning, directing and managing resources, related to technology and processing.