Experience

Tendril Wine Cellars

• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Winemaker

  • Jul 2014 - Present



Forty Five Wines

• Portland, Oregon Area

• Owner/Winemaker

  • Jun 2010 - Present

  Owner/winemaker, in charge of all aspects of production, vineyard sourcing, packaging, marketing/branding, accounting, and government compliance for a 400 cases winery producing Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc. Owner/winemaker, in charge of all aspects of production, vineyard sourcing, packaging, marketing/branding, accounting, and government compliance for a 400 cases winery producing Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc.



Helioterra Wines

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistent Winemaker

  • Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  In charge of most all aspects of production including, all harvest duties, grape transportation, vineyard sampling, organizing production schedule, fermentation, pressing, aging, filtering, bottling, kegging, account deliveries, and winemaking consulting. In charge of most all aspects of production including, all harvest duties, grape transportation, vineyard sampling, organizing production schedule, fermentation, pressing, aging, filtering, bottling, kegging, account deliveries, and winemaking consulting.



Apolloni Vineyards

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Winemaker

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2013

  In charge of every aspect of the winery from Harvest to bottle, including managing 3-4 employees along with interns during harvest. Bringing all of my previous cellar experience to Apolloni, I have organized the production schedule, and improved the quality of their wines. This position has given me the opportunity to learn new aspects of building wines through the use of extensive trials and winemaking products. I have found multiple ways of making top quality wines while implementing cost cutting measures, and using the equipment and facility to serve these ends. The past three years have given me further experience into other aspects of winemaking, which include preparation and organisation before and during bottling, label design, ordering all packaging, running the business side, inventory, and the ability to produce schedules and direct all service work required to bring wine to the bottle and to market. Show less



Andrew Rich wines

• Carlton, Oregon

• Cellar Master

  • Aug 2007 - Jul 2010

  By the end of my time there I was given most all production responsibilities in the cellar and in the lab. I spent three vintages with Andrew on wines consisting of roughly 90 tons of eastern Washington Rhone varietals, and Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. I brought my experience from more production driven facilities to a more intimate environment with a winemaker that spends a lot more time being in tune with each fermentation and each wine. My time with Andrew provided me with a one on one experience with him and the wines, and a responsibility to all aspects of winemaking along with overseeing 1-2 interns during harvest. Show less



Dobbes Family Estate/Wine by Joe

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cellar assistant

  • Jan 2006 - Aug 2007

  As a cellar assistant for Joe I had the opportunity to learn and perform most all wine production activities. This includes; grape receival, grape sorting, fork lifting (hundreds of hours), including bin dumping and barrel stacking, all red/white wine additions necessary, heating/cooling of must, punchdowns, everything necessary for wine movement from preparation and sanitation of tanks to gentle transfer or O2 introduction, pressing using bladder and basket presses, barreling, racking, topping, blending, lab analysis, filtering by DE, Plate and frame, and crossflow, and bottling. Other responsibilities include overseeing harvest workers, final rackings and wine bottle preparations, and tasting and blending, Show less