Experience

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  The Australian WIne Research Institute

  • Adelaide, Australia

  • Senior Oenologist

    • Jan 1996 - Present
    • Adelaide, Australia

    Provide a technical advisory service via telephone, email and other media to the Australian Wine Industry• Preparing written technical reports relating to investigations performed, and other written material for inclusion in the AWRI publications.• Dissemination and extension of wine science and of research outcomes to the Australian wine industry via various functions including:• seminars and workshops held in all major wine producing regions in Australia;• periodically participating in seminars and conferences staged by various wine industry organisations;• intensive sensory evaluation courses facilitated for experienced wine industry personnel;• the development and maintenance of a web-based technical manual.• participating in the Institute’s sensory analysis activities.Undertaking applied research and participating in surveys into the chemistry and sensory properties of grapes, juice and wine.• Method development and validation of procedures including appropriate quality control procedures for verifying the integrity of data.

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  Château de Pez, Saint-Estèphe

  • Cellar Hand

    • Aug 2006 - Oct 2006

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  Lambert Bridge Wines, Sonoma Valley

  • Cellar Hand

    • Aug 2003 - Dec 2003