Hi, I’m
Mengqin (Daisy) Liu
Blenheim,MBH
Summary
Experienced in wine industry professional with a strong background in vineyard operation and technician. Proven ability to adapt to multicultural environments. A native mandarin speaker also fluent in English offering excellent communication and relationship-building skills. Skilled in good time management and efficient task execution, ensuring project completion to high standards. Passionate about contributing to team success and fostering positive, inclusive work environment.
Overview
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Constellation Brands
Viticulture technician
04.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Work with the Block Manager to monitor individual block performance and highlight issues: Monitor vine health, phenology, weed, pest and disease pressure, fruit quality
- Assisting National Viticulturist with monitoring and data collection for any vineyard trials
- Data collection for yield estimation and LTA: Inflorescence count, Bunch weight,Pruning bud count.
- Liaise with the National Technical Viticulturist and oversee the completion of tasks such as soil testing, petiole sample, fertilizer application.
- Record keeping and compliance: Spray diary, Spray declaration, SWNZ audit, fertilization record etc.
Constellation brands
Vineyard operator
10.2020 - 04.2023
Job overview
- Mowing, Young vine training, Herbicide spray, Canopy spray, Trimming, Leaf plucking, Supervising, harvester, Gondola driving, irrigation etc
- Able to operate John Deere, Deutz tractor, quad bike (Polaris, Gator, Kubota)
Grapeworx
Vineyard contractor
06.2020 - 09.2021
Job overview
- Winter Pruning, Wrapping
- Plant: Young vine training, irrigation
- Harvest: crop thinning, hand harvesting
- Vineyard maintenance: bud rubbing, shot thinning, wire lifting, nets etc
Witherhills
Vintage Viticulture Technician / Cellar Hand
02.2020 - 04.2020
Job overview
- Viti Tech: yeld estimation, maturity sampling
- Cellar hand: performed cellar work independently and cooperated with team: tankering, racking, addition, transferring.
Longfield Farm
Vineyard hand
12.2019
Job overview
- Bunch counting, yield estimate, young vine training
Pernod Ricard
Vintage Cellar Hand
04.2018 - 05.2018
Job overview
- Supporting wine production: processing fruits, pumping over, racking, tank cleaning
Education
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Viticulture and Winemaking
07-2019
Ningxia University
Bachelor of Winemaking
07-2019
Skills
- Multicultural Adaptability
- Fluent in Chinese and English
- Communication
- Resilient
- office administration (word, excel, PPT etc)
- WSET Certificate Level2
- CAFA Certificate Level1 (CAFA Formations)
License/ Achievement
- Class 1 full Driving License
- R.T.W license
- WSET Level 2
- Grow safe certificate
- First aid
- NZ permanent residency
Timeline
Viticulture technician
Constellation Brands
04.2023 - Current
Vineyard operator
Constellation brands
10.2020 - 04.2023
Vineyard contractor
Grapeworx
06.2020 - 09.2021
Vintage Viticulture Technician / Cellar Hand
Witherhills
02.2020 - 04.2020
Vineyard hand
Longfield Farm
12.2019
Vintage Cellar Hand
Pernod Ricard
04.2018 - 05.2018
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Viticulture and Winemaking
Ningxia University
Bachelor of Winemaking
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