Jordan Patterson

About Jordan Patterson

Viticulture and Enology – UC Davis AlumniContact: 70••••••93m (j••••••••@gmail.com)(j••••••••@ucdavis.edu)Specializing in quality wine production: passionate about winemaking from grape to bottle to consumer.Experience: Sustainable Agriculture, Wine grape growing, Wine production (still and sparkling), QC, Lab Management, Regulatory Compliance, Analysis (pH, TA, VA, Brix, NTU, SO2, and Ethanol), Chemistry, Applied Statistics, Blending, Aging, Bottling, Storage, Marketing, Distribution Growing up in wine country, fascinated by the seasonal clock and economic engine of the beautiful vineyards of Northern California’s Mendocino County, Jordan was exposed to all aspects of the industry, but vocationally drawn to the artistic and living complexity of the product and the science of its production. Vineyard, Lab and Cellar Experience:VITICULTURE- Wine/raisin/table grapes viticulture practices, vine and rootstock identification, cultivation, growth physiology, pruning, grafting, bud dissection, pest and disease identification and treatment, sampling, analysis and data management- Harvest timing, sampling, crop estimations- Production data management – vineyards, environmental, grapes, juices, wines - Statistical ecology, inferential statistics, risk analysis and resource management. ENOLOGY- Wine production processes, wine stability, microbiology, microscopy analysis of musts and wines, inoculations, blending, fining agent, reagent standardization- Sensory analysis, flavor profiles and aromatic content of fermenting and stable wine- Organic, general and biochemistry- Statistical analysis

Experience

1. Associate Winemaker

   GALLO

   Jun 2023 — Present · Modesto, CA, US

Education

• University of California, Davis

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Viticulture and Enology

  2012 — 2017