Salvador A Galvan
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Folsom, CA 95630
EXPERIENCE
Lava Cap Winery, Placerville, CA — Cellar intern/Tasting Room Associate, March 1998 to June 1999
Worked harvest 1998 in the cellar, weekends in the tasting room, and off site industry tastings/marketing events
Pine Ridge Winery, Napa, CA — Cellar Worker/Laboratory Assistant, July 1999 to July 2001
General Cellar work, racking, topping, bottling, & harvest crew leader Assisted Laboratory Manager with grape must analysis and yeast inoculations
Darioush Winery, Napa, CA - Cellar/Laboratory Assistant July 2001 to July 2002
Harvest 2001 grapes for processing, general cellar work, and laboratory analysis
Rosenblum Cellars, Alameda, CA - Cellar/Laboratory Production Manager, Assistant Winemaker
July 2002 to December 2005
Assisted Wine Makers in all aspects of wine making and grower relations
Chateau Potelle Winery, Napa, CA - Winemaker/Consulting Associate Winemaker, Wine Maker
January 2005 to December 2017
Oversaw all aspects of wine production and assisted in vineyard management
Galvan Family Cellars LLC
Solano Wine Collective LLC
Fairfield, CA - Owner/Winemaker
January 2003 to Present (GFC)
August 2007 to December 2019 (SWC)
Oversaw all aspects of wine making for 21 clients and worked closely with clients’ growers to ensure highest quality grapes. Managed wine barrel and case warehouse inventory and took care of all business management and government compliance and record keeping. SKILLS
Forklift operator for 24 years
Large truck hauling, <10,000
lbs experience
AWARDS
Various awards for wine
making in national and local
publications & competitions
Gold and Silver medals from:
San Francisco International
Wine Competition & San
Francisco Chronicle
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish, some
Italian
Working knowledge of Italian
and French in the wine cellar
EDUCATION
Jesuit High School,
Carmichael, CA, High
School Diploma
September 1990 to June
1994
UC Davis Extension,
Sacramento, CA, 1997
Winemaking Certificate