Experience

Eastern Institute of Technology

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Vineyard & Winery Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present

• Lecturer Viticulture & Wine Science

  • Jan 2021 - Present



Wickham Hill Holdings

• Wine & Spirits
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Winemaker & Winery Operations Manager

  • May 2020 - Dec 2020

• Senior Winemaker

  • Jan 2018 - Dec 2020



Foley Family Wines

• United States
• Wine & Spirits
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Production Winemaker

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2017

  Lead winemaker at this 3,000 tonne facility, in charge of all Cellar activity, managing two Assistant Winemakers, 3 Cellarhands, and a Lab assistant.All decisions in regard to day to day running of the cellar/winery under the direction of our Chief Marlborough Winemaker.Total control of fruit intake during Vintage, following the Chief Winemakers protocols.

• Assistant Winemaker

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2013



Chateau High Sun

• consulting winemaker

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2017

  Consulting Winemaker for this small ultra premium Cabernet producer in Ninxia Consulting Winemaker for this small ultra premium Cabernet producer in Ninxia



Australian Vintage

• Australia
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vintage Cellar Supervisor

  • Feb 2011 - Apr 2011

  General Cellar, supervising a crew of 6-8 on a vintage crush of 132,000 tonne. General Cellar, supervising a crew of 6-8 on a vintage crush of 132,000 tonne.



The New Zealand Wine Company

• United Kingdom
• Beverage Manufacturing

• Cellarhand/Cellar Foreman

  • Aug 2008 - Dec 2010

  Employed as Senior Cellarhand at Grove Mill Winery, conducting all cellar functions, and also doing daily set-up of the Company's bottling line. Duties included earth filtration using a Padovan earth filter, and sterile filtration using a plate and frame filter. Considerable barrel work, working with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and also took over the maintenance and operation of the Winery wastewater system. Gravitated to Cellar foreman in 2010 under the direction of the Assistant Winemaker, supervising three cellarhands. Show less



First Creek Wines

• Australia
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cellar Hand

  • Jan 2010 - Feb 2010

  Vintage Cellar hand running Receival Vintage Cellar hand running Receival



Pernod Ricard

• France
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vineyard Operator/cellarhand/Winemaker's Assistant

  • Nov 2005 - Aug 2008

  Worked Full time as a Vineyard Operator at Kaituna Estate, while completing my Winemaking degree conducting all typical vineyard operations, including spraying, pruning, leaf-plucking, bud-rubbing, wire-lifting, mowing, cultivating, irrigation maintenance, shoot thinning, bunch thinning, bunch sampling, supervising. Seconded to Brancott Winery as Winemaker's Assistant for Vintage 2008, was in charge of Day Shift Intake for the then largest crush in Pernod's history. Worked as a full-time cellarhand at Brancott Winery until August 2008. Show less



Aspect Landscaping

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Mar 1995 - May 2003

  I started this Company as a one man operation in early 1995, providing landscaping maintenance services to domestic and small commercial clients in the Cairns district of Queensland. The Company grew rapidly in size and services provided, eventually employing up to 3 fulltime, and half a dozen casual staff, offering services including Landscape Design, pond and waterfeature construction, paving installation, full arborist services, and regular garden maintenance. Eventually obtaining large Council and State Government contracts. Show less