Reuben Kepes

Vintage cellar hand, general winery work including operating presses, racking, flotation etc.

Vintage cellar hand. Supervisor of press area, responsible for training and supervision of casual vintage staff. Outside of vintage general cellar work.

Vintage cellar hand. General cellar work including barrel work, press operation, inoculations, basic lab work and everything that comes with working in the cellar.

Vintage supervisor, responsible for training and supervision of casual vintage staff and managing workflow. Outside of vintage in charge of blending. Operating specialised winery equipment including Pall filter, Omnia high solids filter, CTS, centrifuge.

Vintage cellar hand, general cellar and lab work. managing large red and barrel program.

Vintage cellar hand, general cellar work including batch and continuous floatation, rackings, inoculations etc.

In charge of daily management of cellar work. Supervision and training off permanent cellar hands. Updating and creating SOPS, ordering and stocktaking of dry goods and cellar cleaning products. Recruitment of casual and permanent cellar staff. Conducting performance reviews of permanent cellar staff. During vintage in charge of one shift.

In charge of all permanent cellar hands and permanent cellar master. Management of all training, training records, SOPS, performance reviews. Ordering all cellar dry goods, LPG and CO2 for the winery. In charge of recruitment of permanent and casual winery staff, in charge of all correspondence with casual vintage staff leading into harvest. Conducting of performance reviews of permanent cellar hands and cellar master. Use of vintrace, Excel and sharepoint. Preparing the winery for audits. Assisting our Hawkey bay winery with vintage recruitment. During vintage in charge of one shift and all casual and permanent staff in the winery. Conducting post vintage reviews and finding continuous improvement for the winery. Building culture in the cellar team.