Director of Vineyard Operations

• Jun 2023 - Present

Winemaker and Proprietress

• Jan 2017 - Present

Consultant

• May 2017 - Present

Fearless LLC Consulting:Past Consulting Clients include Devil Proof Vineyards, Aperture Cellars, The Setting.

Harvest Intern/Enologist

• Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

Responsible for pump over schedule, chilling, and all additions. Equipment setup, processed fruit, and cleaned all crushing and pressing equipment. Worked as tasting room/private tasting host, warehouse stock inventory/packer, server, assisted in kitchen. Responsible for pump over schedule, chilling, and all additions. Equipment setup, processed fruit, and cleaned all crushing and pressing equipment. Worked as tasting room/private tasting host, warehouse stock inventory/packer, server, assisted in kitchen.

Stagiaire

• Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

• Responsible for berry sampling, lab techniques/database for free SO2, total SO2, total acidity, density, turbidity, pH and Foss. • Created punch down schedule, aided in receiving/sorting grapes, setup/maintained/cleaning crush pad equipment/optical sorter, sanitized tanks, and rolled/painted/arranged/cleaned barrels, aided in cooperage barrel making. • Responsible for determining press cuts, operated bladder and basket press, enzyme/sulfur/fining agent additions, inoculation, racked wines, filled barrels, topped, battonage, pump-overs, and dug out tanks. Show less

Harvest Internship

• Sep 2014 - Oct 2014

My responsibilities included: taking babo measurements, making sweet ice wine, making/bottling/riddling/disgorging sparkling wine, working the press, crush pad work, filling tanks, cleaning, and processing fruit. My responsibilities included: taking babo measurements, making sweet ice wine, making/bottling/riddling/disgorging sparkling wine, working the press, crush pad work, filling tanks, cleaning, and processing fruit.

Teaching Lab Assistant

• Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

My responsibilities include: autoclaving equipment, setting up lab stations for all of the enology labs, measuring and preparing solutions/reagents. Worked under Mike Ramsey.

Field and Lab Technician

• Apr 2013 - Sep 2013

My responsibilities included: Vineyard: berry sampling, training new vines, dropping crop, leafing, toping vines, trimming rootstock to allow graft to grow, and harvesting. Lab: Brix, TA, Malate, pH, Residual sugar, Ethanol tests. Filing results into winemaker’s database. Winery: SO2 additions, pump overs, cleaning tanks, crush pad work, optical sorter, setting up individual tanks and filling them. Worked for Charles Brenneman, University Winemaker, and Andy Walker, Viticulturist and rootstock specialist. Show less