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Paso Robles, California, United States

Bridlewood Estate Winery / Edna Valley Vineyard / Courtside Cellars

- Create luxury tasting room wines for Bridlewood Estate Winery in Santa Ynez. Define and evolve wine style to provide unique wines of exceptional quality to our wine club and tasting room customers- Provide Rhone variety focused expertise to projects with external luxury wine partners- Specialize in crafting Bordeaux red varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot), Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio for Edna Valley Vineyard, Franciscan Estate, Estancia, Wild Horse and William Hill Coastal Collection (Central Coast) brands - Accountable winemaker for 15 nationally distributed SKUs- Oversee receipt and bottling of bulk New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc- Manage inventory in line with sales demands. Including but not limited to bottling scheduling, wine in tank, bulk wine purchase/sales and grape purchase contracts.- Provide input to Grower Relations and Vineyard management team to ensure grape and vineyard assets are meeting quality and wine style parameters.- Lead a small winemaking team and guide their professional and palate development.- Innovate cellar and winemaking best practice by engaging in new process techniques, ingredients and technology.

Santa Cruz, California

Manage wine production from organizing harvest through to shipping packaged wine.-Harvest scheduling-Grape, juice and wine analytical and sensory analysis-Manage and direct cellar activities-Compliance and TTB reporting-Create and manage bottling schedule -Quote and purchase packaging supplies for bottling-Direct maintenance schedule-Create blends to best express the house style-Conduct tastings for staff and consumer education-Write protocols and direct production at custom crush facilities

Western Australia, Australia

- Consulted on all aspects of the wine business including Viticulture, Vineyard management, Winemaking techniques and protocols, capital purchases and wine marketing- Created wine styles and blends to best reflect the region and site- Worked with Rhone and Alternate Varietals; Tempranillo, Grenache, Mourvedre, Shiraz, Graciano, Fiano and Verdelho

Ferguson Valley, Western Australia

Santa Cruz, California

Western Australia, Australia

-Wrote all procedures for Cellar, Laboratory and Safety Manual (including Confined Space)-All cellar and laboratory functions-Hiring and training staff-Made picking decisions for harvest planning based on grape maturity and sensory analysis-Directed cellar and laboratory work to meet bottling and harvest deadlines-Sensory analysis, blending and fining trials-Participated in marketing events to promote wines

Piemonte Area, Italy

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Wine Science

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