I have spent the last four years getting a small winery open in southern Utah. I was responsible for every aspect of the business from working with the construction company on the building of the tasting room, planting and harvesting grapes and maintaining the fields, getting our federal and state alcohol license as well as organizing the insurance and workers comp paperwork. I ran the tasting room upon opening, trained and hired the staff that would assist me and ensured compliance and the following of all state and federal laws. I also ran our social media and networked with local news and other outlets for interviews and stories to promote our winery. I developed relationships through dinners and private wine tastings to promote our wine with various agencies locally and had many local restaurants and businesses carry and sell our product. Before that I have had over 15 years in the restaurant industry starting as a prep cook after high school and through the years working from a waiter to becoming a bartender and then moving into management. I have also spent 7 years in the mortgage and real estate industries where i was licensed in over 25 states for mortgages and was consistently in the top 5% of sales and even achieved the top salesman position in a company of more than 200 agents.