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Healdsburg, Ca, Us

Healdsburg, Ca

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

• Operates a boutique winery within a custom crush facility in the Columbia Valley AVA. The winery generates 300 cases of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Sauvignon Blanc, and Viognier annually. • Manages grower relations, vineyard contracts, raw material procurement, barrel assembly, production, blending, bottling/packaging, sales, and marketing. Installed OrderPort to support e-commerce sales. • Created the Sonoris Wines restaurant label using Adobe Publisher. Administers TTB, COLAs, WSLCB, and finished goods label compliance. Prepares and submits monthly 702 reports and BOE forms. • Made a 2010 Sonoris Red Wine Port from Washington State Portuguese varietals that was poured at a James Beard Foundation dinner and later served at the White House. • Launched a sales and marketing campaign for Sonoris. Promotes the winery via: membership in the Washington State Wine Commission; working with a statewide DTC distributor; giving media interviews; building a website; utilizing MailChimp to send e-mail blasts to customers; and making market visits to restaurants, cafes, grocery stores, and event centers, conducting public and private tastings for up to 60 attendees.

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

• Leads the custom crush program for a 45k case facility as a liaison between two internal and three external winemakers concerning scheduling, process improvements, and winery and laboratory modernization through selection, raw material procurement, and installation of capital equipment and automation protocols. • Wrote the external winemaker job description, interviewed candidates, and generated accepted candidate recommendations for the winery owners. • Directs the laboratory, hiring and training two staff. Drafted and rolled out new SOPS. Conducted safety training and oversees OSHA safety compliance. Manages a laboratory and fermentation budget of $150k.• Crushes and ferments 600 tons of wine grapes annually predominantly sourced from Red Mountain AVA with supplemental sourcing from Horse Heaven Hills and Wahluke Slope AVAs. Implements work orders and completes laboratory analyses, governing analytic methods and integrity. Produces 19 varietals for 20 clients, driving quality assurance. Maintains integrity of bulk wine inventory. • Contracted with J&S Crushing to store and ferment 60 excess tons. Prepared work orders and made on-site visits to review cellar processes, ensuring that winemaking requests were correctly administered.• Crafts 11k cases of Bordeaux varietals, and Chardonnay as a Consulting Winemaking for Gordon Estate. Collaborated with winery staff for accurate bottling fulfillment. As the Interim Winemaker for Atelier Melka Estates in Napa, employed their picking parameters and winemaking protocols to create exceptional Cabernet Sauvignons. • Performs experimental fermentation, barrel, and extraction trials for Fidelitas Wines.• Serves as a Technical Consultant for the Vicard Generation 7 Cooperage, an oak barrel producer. Purchases barrels and bottling materials, choosing high quality French barrels to meet winemaker needs. Delivers 35 presentations annually to British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington winemakers to promote Generation 7.

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

• Operated a top quality commercial enology laboratory that provided chemical analysis for wine grapes, fermentation, finning trials, and wine. Prepared a website and used QuickBooks for AP/AR. • Conducted cold and warm calls with wine grape growers and wineries to garner sales. Due to strong gross sales, repeat business, and superior customer service, the company was acquired by Wine Boss in 2015.

• Managed winery operations, grower relations, wine production, and a staff of three for a 7k case facility in Woodinville Wine Country. Crafted high quality white and red wines from Washington State varietals including Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Syrah. • Sourced high quality wine grapes through partnerships with numerous local vineyards including Willard Farms and Roza Hills Vineyard in the Yakima Valley; Sagemoor Vineyards (e.g., Bacchus, Dinoysus, Weinbau); and Alder Ridge Vineyard in Horse Heaven Hills. Purchased barrels and bottling supplies. • Governed the laboratory and performed chemical analyses. Launched new cellar and laboratory SOPs. • Directed wine style and new product development for varied markets including creating a single varietal Petit Verdot, Dominica, Sauvignon Blanc, and a Grenache program. • Worked with national distributors in 12 states, receiving marketplace brand recognition. Made annual market visits in Illinois, Ohio, Texas, and California. Delivered educational sales presentations and hosted and poured during winemaker dinners and reserve tastings with an attendance ranging from 60 to 100.Key Accomplishments• Recognized as Winery of the Year in 2008 by Wine Press Northwest magazine, the winery was lauded with excellent scores from the national and international wine press. Gave radio and print interviews.• Praised by Wine Spectator, the 2006 Sauvignon Blanc garnered the winery’s highest score to date, achieving 91 points. The 2007 Cabernet Franc (Sogno) obtained 93 points, the 2008 Ottimo Reserve secured 91 points, and the 2009 Domenica earned 90 points.

• Served as the Assistant Winemaker for a premier winery that generates 75k cases annually of Appellation Collection and single variety Winery Exclusive Wines (e.g., Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Blends, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Rosé) from estate vineyards in the Stag’s Leap, Howell Mountain, Oakville, Rutherford, and Carneros AVAs. • Conducted vineyard sampling and laboratory work to identify optimal time for harvest. • Improved cellar SOPs and submitted cellar POs. Ran the laboratory in the absence of the laboratory manager, governing quality assurance. Wrote cellar staff performance reviews and made salary recommendations. • Partnering with the facilities manager, ensured that the cellar and laboratory complied with OSHA standards. • Coordinated and executed work orders including fining, blending, and cellar trials; fermentation monitoring and press cuts; and ageing and finishing, achieving production targets. Maintained bulk wine inventory quality. Created blends in collaboration with the winemaker. Tasted final blends and evaluated finished wines. • Led bottling operations and sanitized the bottling line.

Palmilla, Chile

• Retained to build the Colchagua Valley winery’s first laboratory to support production of their inaugural vintage.