Aquaponic Grower

Manage all aspects of Ultra Premium Wine Production business. Vineyard culture. Fruit sourcing. WInemaking. Sales. Marketing. Finance.

Managed Winemaking Team processing 99,000 tons of fruit, 18,000,000 gallons of wine. Produced Winemaking Budget with oversight. Managed Harvest coordination. Winemaking interface with Viticulture/ Farming operations. Managed Wine allocation. Managed offsite winemaking at four different facilities. Sales and Marketing contact person for major consumer brands. Public Spokesperson for major consumer brand.

Managed all aspects of wine production. Winemaking, Viticulture, Winemaking Budget, Equipment purchase, Dry Goods purchasing, Winemaking Staff. Lowered cost of production in vineyard and winery by implementing planning and efficiency programs. Increased quality of wines through use of new techniques in winemaking and philosophical change in the vineyard operation. Implemented new cost accounting structure for the business. Represented winery in the trade, print and public sectors.

Managed all aspects of winery business. Finance, Budgets, Winemaking, Viticulture, Vineyard production, Equipment purchases, Public Relations, Personnel-Staffing, Winery Direction-Vision, Brand Team Leader. Worked closely with Corporate Sales, Marketing Teams. Grew case volume 400% with corresponding winery and personnel infrastructure. Increased ROI 14%. Changed business thought process to be unified team embracing new culture and corporate business goals.

Managed day to day operation of the Vineyard and Winery. Farming plan, Cultural practices, Winemaking, Laboratory, Bottling. Team member-collaborator for the first vineyard in California to install High Density planting system.

Managed and assisted contract and spot market growers with quality production parameters in the field. Purchased spot market fruit based upon winery and financial needs. Represented winery in long term contract negotiations with growers. Managed total production of 133,000 tons of fruit. Territory Fresno-Madera, Central Coast-Gonzales-Los Alamos.