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Marlborough, New Zealand

Blenheim New Zealand

Provide leadership and technical expertise for the Cellar hands while also actively participating in the winery operations, daily planning of winery op-eration in association with the winemakers, technical knowledge to run machines like cross flow, centrifuge and Dynamos, participate in all cellar activities and support the team in achieving daily tasks, maintaining 5S standards in the winery. Provide supervision and mentorship to all cellar hands ensuring continuous quality improvement with… Show more Provide leadership and technical expertise for the Cellar hands while also actively participating in the winery operations, daily planning of winery op-eration in association with the winemakers, technical knowledge to run machines like cross flow, centrifuge and Dynamos, participate in all cellar activities and support the team in achieving daily tasks, maintaining 5S standards in the winery. Provide supervision and mentorship to all cellar hands ensuring continuous quality improvement with Winery activities are maintained at all times. Show less

Mcminville Oregon

Red Grape receival, in charge of pump overs and cap management for Pinot Noir andbarrel down.

New Zealand

Managing the post crush processing and day shift team. Leading the team and coordinatingJuice racking, Floatation, inoculation, temperature and fermentationmanagement, bottling preparation for wines, dispatch finished wine, gas work onfinished wine & lees processing.

Austria

Juice treatments post pressing, clarification by cold settling and flotation, laboratoryanalysis, juice and wine additions, inoculations, monitoring the ferments, nutrientmanagement of the ferments. Racking and blending finished wines, filtration of lees andgeneral cellar work.

Yinchuan, Ningxia, China

Making wine from 15 tons of Cabernet Sauvignon grown in the Ningxia Province of China and in charge of entire wine making for 2 years.The wine will be tasted by a panel of judges in September 2017 to decide the winning winemaker for the competition.

New Zealand

Managing a team of 5 people and reporting to the senior winemaker and cellar master toorganize the fruit receival, processing using a destemmer and optical sorter followed bytasks like inoculations, juice and wine additions, punch downs, pumpover, nutrientmanagement, racking and barrelling down finished wine. After the peak harvest periodwas also involved in cold stabilization, battonage, blending, finished wine additions forseveral white wines as well.

Bingen Germany

Consult the winemaking team headed by the chief winemaker, monitor ferments,nutrient and temperature management of ferments

Blenheim, Marlborough

Coordinating with the winemaker, Monitoring the fruit receival and processing , Monitoring Optical sorter , Fermentation control, wine additions, pump overs, plunging and pressing

Healdsburg, California

Grape sampling in Vineyards, Culture preparation from yeast slants, Malo-culture preparations, inoculations, monitoring fermentation, punch downs and wading. Working with different wine additives, hygiene and sanitary operations, lab analysis, barrel topping, bottling and packaging

Blenheim, Marlborough

Fementation crew and co-ordinating with the winemaker, Inoculation, monitoring fermentation and temperature. Perform harvest operations, racking, wine addition, cellar hygiene responsibilities

Nashik, India

Maturity Control, Inoculations, Monitoring fermentations, Hyperoxidation, Sparkling Base wine production, Fining trials, Monitoring bottle pressure during secondary Fermentation, Battonage, Barrel topping , Blending and several laboratory analysis with respect to the quality control of the wine.

Herdade Do Esporão, Reguengos De Monsaraz, Portugal

Working and co-ordinating with Lab Manager. Monitoring fermentation and temperature of all musts/wine in tanks & barrels. Maturity Control, Determining & Monitoring parameters of wine namely pH, titrable acidity, volatile acidity, free & total sulfur levels, residual sugar, alcohol level, malolactic fermentation & dissolved gases

Portugal

Nasik Area, India

Wset Level 3 Award In Wines, Wine Tasting, World Of Wines, Winemaking, Viticulture

Master Thesis, Effects Of Ageing On Lees

Activities and Societies: Participated in Monthly Blind tastings with a group of local wine enthusiasts Completed Master Thesis and did.

Master'S Degree, Viticulture And Enology

Completed modules for the masters Program related to viticulture and Enology. Studded about Steep Slop Viticulture, advance viticulture.

Master'S Degree, Viticulture And Enology

Obtained Masters degree in Viticulture And Enology

Bachelor'S Degree, Viticulture And Enology

Obtained a Bachelors Degree in Wine Technology