Experience, expertise and craftsmanship.
As a wine entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the industry, as well as a background in manufacturing engineering and an engineering degree from Cornell University, Alie offers her expertise in Winemaking, Wine Business, and Production Optimization in her consulting practice. She is available for both short- and long-term services. Fees can be arranged on a per-project, multi-phase, hourly, or other time-based solution. Please fill out the contact form below with a description of your project and Alie will contact you to further discuss your needs and how she can be of service.
Custom Wine Production
(for non-producer entities)
Alie works with clients in the retail and hospitality sectors to develop custom wines for their businesses. The process includes:
- Clearly identifying and defining the desired wine style
- Managing the wine production process
- Strategizing pricing
- Creating final packaging
Production Services
(for producer entities licensed as wineries)
- Full-scale production management and winemaking services
- Product line development
- Custom wine creation
- Final product blending services and evaluation
- Bulk wine sourcing
- Vineyard selection/grape sourcing
- Procurement of lab services
- Procurement of packaging materials
Wine Business Consultation
- Brand and portfolio development
- Production expansion and feasibility studies
- Cost-of-goods modeling
- Equipment, vendor, and service-provider selection
- Optimization of packaging design
- Distributor selection
- Price modeling