Winemaking

From garage winery to commercial production, we can help improve your wine quality and streamline your winery design and workflow.

Early morning sunlight shines through pinot noir wine dripping out of the press.

Qualifications/Details:

  • From ground to glass
  • Wine evaluation (barrel or bottle) with suggestions for improvement/style
  • New winery work flow and design
  • Fruit sampling, and resulting wine styles produced. (Harvest timing)
  • Developing a ‘house’ style, barrels, yeast
  • Bottling and blending decisions, and in-person blending trials
  • Wine tasting notes and production sheets for the market
  • 35+ years combined experience in commercial winemaking
  • Made 92+ point scoring wine in every major wine publication in the US (Parker, Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Vinous.)
  • Taught wine and wine evaluation at College level
  • Professional wine judge, 5 international competitions, panel chair: 30 years
  • Maintains a large network of professional winemakers/enologists
  • ‘Top 100 Most Influential Winemakers in the US’ –Michael Cervin, Wall Street Journal

Cost:

  • Individual questions via phone or email: $50-$150
  • Hourly: $150 or 8 hours for $1000