Resume

Professional Experience

Sonoma, CA ~ June 2023-January 2024

  • Led client winemaking through winery acquisition process

  • Direct 200+ tons of custom crush winemaking

  • Guarantee QC across range of styles and scales

  • Execute harvest and bottling directives

  • Manage full-time and temporary staff

Director of Client Winemaking, Donum Estate

  • Manage logistical, creative, and planning processes

  • 100-200 tons of FEL wines from grape to bottle

  • Picking and blending decisions

  • Consistently produce 90+ scoring wines

  • Coordinate with senior management team

  • Direct 300 tons of client winemaking

  • Oversee facilities management and reporting

  • Manage and supervise staff

  • Maintain dozens of vendor and grower relationships

  • Produce tasting and marketing materials

  • Represent brand in market, media, and with consumers

  • Drove sustainable packaging overhaul

  • Promoted from Associate Winemaker, 2021

  • Promoted from Assistant Winemaker, 2018

  • Support winery acquisition process, 2023

Winemaker, FEL Wines & Savoy Vineyards

Sonoma, CA ~ 2017-2023

Santa Rosa, CA ~ 2013-2017

  • Operate a 150-ton super-premium winery

  • Manage full-time and seasonal team

  • Monitor vineyards and winemaking year-round

  • Social media, web and label content, consumer communication

  • Represent brand in market, consumer and media events

Assistant Winemaker, Donelan Family Wines

Education

M.B.A, Wine Business, Sonoma State University

M.A., English Literature, Smith College

Vintage Experience

Juniper Estate, Margaret River, Australia

DuMol Wines, Russian River Valley, CA

Vidal Estate, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand