Cecilia Valdivia’s Reference List:
Please feel free to contact any or all of the references below.
I have worked with all of them in the past and they know me well.
Kevin Hamel; Winemaker at Pellegrini Family Vineyards.
Cell: 707 696-1073
Winery: 707 575-8463
kevinhamel2004@comcast.net
Merry Edwards; Custom crush client.
Cell (707)4833333
Winery: (707)8237466
merry@merryedwards.com
Kerry Damskey; Custom crush client.
Cell: (707) 9728364
Winedoctor@aol.com
Lori Knapp; X-winemaker at St. Francis Winery and Vineyards.
Cell: (707) 5292378
lorranek@aol.com
Ted Elliott;Custom crush client.
Phone: 291 4559
ted@elliottfamilycellars.com
Gustavo Gamba; Custom crush client.
Winery Phone: 707 542-5892
http://www.gambawinery.com
Derek Irwin; Custom crush consulting client.
Cell phone: (707) 287-2053
Derek@maduraconsulting.com
Wine making consulting
References, qualifications and experience.
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- qualifications and experience
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Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Mendoza, Argentina.
• Masters in Enology, December, 2002
• Agricultural Engineer, December, 2000.
• Industrial chemistry technician , December, 1994
Additional Training and Courses
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Mendoza, Argentina.
• Wood Treatment and different uses. September; 2002.
• Theoretical and Practical Course on Vineyard Frost Fighting; 1999.
• XXIII Horticulture Argentinean Congress; 50 hours; September 2000.
• International Meetings of Wine, Foods and Organic Agriculture; September-October 1998.
Santa Rosa Junior College
California.
• Pruning Techniques for Vine Balance; February, 2007.
• World Viticulture and wine Styles; May 2007.
Vinquiry, Analytical Services.
Seminars attended in Windsor, California.
• Berry Sensory Analysis; September 2006
• Vinquiry Tannin & Fining Trials; April 2006
• TCA Threshold Testing; June 2006
University of Santiago, Chile
• Wine export to Europe and USA, September 2002
• Stability on Cork, and TCA Threshold; Brazil, May 2001.
Distinguishing Qualifications
• Highly Proficient in all wine analyses.
• Experience from vineyard; pruning and sampling to bottling and cellar storage practices.
• Forklift certificated driver.
• Experience in winery management and very good communication skills.
• Fluent in writing and reading in Spanish and English
• I am dependable, organized and punctual
• I have a strong worth ethic and the ability to work well under pressure.
• I offer well understood, current knowledge in vineyard management
• I offer well understood, current knowledge in the wine making process
• Current computer skills including Microsoft word, Microsoft excel and Winemaker Databases.
Professional Experience
June 2008 – Present
Consulting Winemaker, Gamba Winery and Vineyards, Santa Rosa, CA
• Organize Cellar activities and preparation of work orders for cellar activities
• Create forms of quality control procedures activities during racking.
• Recommend SO2 adjustment, for wines after Ml fermentation and before topping.
• Keep track of any record of activities happen at the winery
• Control temperature and humidity on cellar.
• Set up a laboratory, create lab manual, run the analyses.
June 2005 – March 2008
Enologist, Pellegrini Family Vineyard and Winery- Santa Rosa, CA
• Custom crush production, consulting, client support and record keeping of custom blends.
• Juice/ must and wine analysis:
including brix, titratable acidity, pH, ammonia, NOPA, free and total sulfur (aeration / oxidation
and Ripper), volatile acidity, alcohol by ebulliometer, Malic acid (chromatography and enzymatic),
enzymatic residual sugar, dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide.
• Responsible for all vineyard sampling and berry / cluster analyses
• Participated in all phases of crush pad activities
• preparation of work orders for cellar activities and supervised the cellar team.
• Solely responsible for determination and inoculation of tanks and barrels with yeast and M.L.
bacteria, adjusting of nutrients, brix and acidity as needed.
• Responsible for monitoring of fermentation, and ordering supplies for harvest.
• Management of bottling logistic and ordering of supplies.
• Responsible for all pre-bottling related analysis and preparation including heat stability and fining
trials.
• Participated in blending wines prior to bottling.
• Responsible for all routing bottling QA / QC procedures to ensure appropriate bottle fill level,
free sulfur, carbon dioxide and oxygen levels, as well as periodic monitoring of product packaging
to meet specifications.
September 2003 – June 2005
Production Manager, St Francis Winery and Vineyards, Sonoma, Ca
• Harvest berry sampling and analysis
• Juice Analysis (Nopa, Ammonia, TA, pH, Brix, Baume)
• Wine Analysis(pH, TA, VA, AlC, FSO2, TSO2)
• Spectrophotometer analysis(enzymatic residual sugar and malic ac)
• Cellar work (racking, filtering all different methods, sanitation)
• Harvest processing (grapes receiving, pressing, racking, pump over)
• Tank inoculation and additions
• Barrel work (filling, emptying, topping, sulfuring, washing)
February 2003 – August 2003
Winemaker assistant. Santa Rita Bodegas y Vinedos, Chile
• Perform routine chemical analysis on wines including, but not limited to, TA, pH, alcohol, FSO2,
VA, enzymatic RS, ML and acetic acid testing and conductivity.
• Assist with entry of daily chemical analysis into Winemaker Database.
Analysis of incoming grapes, analysis of berry samples from vineyards, additions and inoculations
to juice tanks, barrel sampling, brix checks by DMA.
• Participated in all phases of crush pad activities
• Helping on the preparation of the activities and work orders for cellar activities and supervised
winemaking team.
• Assist in training new, regular and seasonal employees.
• In conjunction with the management team participates in establishing and supporting Company
policies and procedures.
• Established Safety practices and policies.
January 2002 – January 2003
Winemaker assistant Dona Paula Bodegas y Viñedos, Mendoza, Argentina
• Achieved 96 points in Wine Spectator with the Malbec in which I made many decisions.
• Perform routine chemical analysis on wines including, TA, pH, alcohol, FSO2, VA, enzymatic RS,
ML and acetic acid testing and conductivity.
• Assist with entry of daily chemical analysis into Winemaker Database.
• Check quality control of incoming grapes, analysis of berry samples from vineyards, additions
and inoculations to juice tanks
• Control all phases of crush pad activities
• Preparation of the activities and work orders for cellar activities and supervised winemaking team.
• Assist in training new, regular and seasonal employees.
• Responsible for all pre-bottling related analysis include heat stability and fining trials.
• Management the crew of bottling, and organize the bolting date in coordination of bottling
moved line.
• Ship the exact wine with the specifics regulation to different countries.
January, 2001 – November 2001
Consulting, Luján Agrícola S.R.L., Argentina
• Duties: Actualization of the plant-health manual, client assessor, analyst of soil data from
specialized laboratories.
January, 2000 – February 2000
Student Intern, Bodegas y Viñedos Peñaflor S.A. Mendoza, Argentina
• Harvest Predictions of tons in vineyards, investigation of control of plagas in vines, over see
helth problems on vines.
February 2000 – July 2000
Harvest intern Bodegas y Viñedos Peñaflor S.A. Mendoza, Argentina
• Responsible for measurement the Baume (Brix) three times a day and over see fermentation
process.
• Harvest berry sampling and analysis
• Juice Analysis (Nopa, Ammonia, TA, pH, Brix, Baume)
• Wine Analysis(pH, TA, VA, AlC, FSO2, TSO2)
• Responsible for 30 liters of Juice from crush to wine as a personal internship project (Type of
fermentation carbonic maceration). With a first place after 10 different project.
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