Alexander LAFON

• Vineyard Management
• Grafting
• Bud thinning
• Shoot thinning
• Training
• Defoliation
• Green Harvest

Grape sorting (sorting table)

• Filling and managing tanks and barrels
• Performing pump-overs and racking
• Adding nutrients and monitoring the progress of alcoholic fermentation
• Monitoring hygiene and the proper condition of cellar equipment

Pre-harvest vineyard work
• Leaf removal
• Thinning / green harvesting
• Shoot removal and vineyard maintenance

Technical skills
• Driving a truck with a trailer
• Operating a vineyard tractor
• Operating a compact loader (Bobcat)

•Head Sommelier and part of pre-opening management team at Chupacabras and Arriba, South American Prime meats brand new venue.

Internship @ Sensorial Management Group, Indonesia

• Biggest student oenology association in France

• Business &Marketing development Intern, Marseille Winery (Co-op internship program)

Hosting oenotourism groups and tasting sessions

• First hands on experience in the cellar
• Blending
• Barreldown
• Bottling
• Hygiene

• Bandol wines harvest
• First experience in the cellar
• Tractor training