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Polish Hill River, South Australia, Australia

- Performance of winery cellar tasks including fruit receival and processing, press loading and operation, fermentation management, juice and wine quality assessment and control, addition making, transfers, rackings, filtration, barrel work, and cellar hygiene maintenance.- Performance of vineyard tasks including tractor and machinery operation, trellis maintenance, vine reworking, winter pruning, and general property maintenance.- Experience producing wines from many grape varieties including Riesling, Pinot gris, Albariño, Chardonnay, Viogner, Grüner Veltliner, Sauvignon blanc, Semillon, Pinot noir, Gamay, Sangiovese, Grenache, Malbec, Dolcetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo, and Nebbiolo.

Remote

Writing of marketing and blog content on behalf of local and international clients, on subject matters including wine, beer, travel, and design. Portfolio at downpatspen.wordpress.com.

Unterloiben, Wachau, Lower Austria, Austria

- Hand harvesting and sorting of fruit.- Performance of winery cellar tasks during vintage including press loading and operation, transfers, addition making, rackings, filtration, and cellar hygiene maintenance.- Experience producing world-class Riesling and Grüner Veltliner wines.

Alba, Piedmont, Italy

• Performance of winery cellar tasks during vintage, including fruit receival and sorting, press loading, operation and cleaning, tank cleaning and sanitation, fermentation management, quality assessment (sensory and laboratory), addition making, transfers, rackings, tankering and barrel work including sanitation, filling, organization, and topping.• Experience producing world-class Piemontese wines including Barolo, Barbaresco, and Nebbiolo.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

• Processing customer purchase orders for dispatch using ERP software (SAP), ensuring timely and comprehensive relaying of information to the dispatch team.• Responding to customer queries and requests, communicating with freight providers to ensure efficient dispatch of product.• Management of stock levels and rotation, liaising with Operations and Packaging managers about stock quantities and packaging splits.• Picking, packing and delivery of customer purchase orders

Martinborough, Wellington Region, New Zealand

• Performance of winery cellar tasks preceding, during, and after vintage.• Experience with processing premium Pinot Noir, Rosé, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Riesling

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

• Leadership of a six-person team ensuring daily packaging operations across multiple sites were as effective and efficient as possible.• Operation and maintenance of canning, bottling, labelling and other associated packaging machinery.• Responsibility for finished product quality and control of hygiene, dissolved oxygen levels, package integrity and traceability.• Ordering of packaging materials and management of stock movements.• Development of production schedules in collaboration with production and brewery managers.• Improving production systems, authoring standard operating procedures, championing, and developing company health and safety protocols.

Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand

Master'S Degree, Viticulture And Enology

Graduate Diploma, Viticulture And Enology, Distinction

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Marketing