Ryan Martz Email & Phone Number

Grandview, Washington, United States

Zillah, Washington, United States

Lubbock County, Texas, United States

• Assisting client wineries with general winery efficiencies, labor, and improving winemaking protocols (winemaking styles, use of specific yeasts, taste trials/blending, flaw identification and correction)
• Providing fermentation, vineyard protocols, and production advice for current/former client wineries
• Assisting clients with equipment purchasing, harvest planning/execution, and bottling

Brownfield, Texas, United States

• Responsible for majority of day-to-day cellar and winemaking operations (including training and managing cellar staff and harvest workers and operations of all winery equipment including multiple types of filters.
• Created SOPs and implemented regular training sessions for new and full-time workers in accordance with OSHA and ISO 9000:1
• Contributed to regulatory reporting for State and Federal level compliance
• Responsible for communicating with custom crush clients and translating their desires for the final product into successful winemaking practice
• Assisted in client and estate vineyard layout and implementation including trellising, vine planting, and seasonal maintenance
• Worked with other winemakers to decide blends and develop fermentation protocols

Lubbock, Texas, United States

• Assisted Brewmaster in all brewing, conditioning, transferring, kegging, and cleaning operations
• Maintained, cleaned, sanitized tanks, hoses, filters, kegs, serving tanks, and transfer lines
• Helped to design grain bills and beer list
• Ground grain according to grain bill through gristmill
• Represented brewery at local festivals and events

Viticulture And Enology

Horticulture And Turfgrass Sciences