NORTH SOUTH ENOLOGY - ROBERT PATYNOWSKI

  • Winemaker and cidermaker with 25 years experience.

  • Degree qualified at University of Adelaide Roseworthy Campus (Oenology).

  • WSET and Australian Wine Research Institute Advance Sensory Assessment.

  • Positions held include:

    - Cellarhand, winemaker, enologist, winery manager, winery owner, bottling hall owner, vineyard owner/manager, cidermaker.

  • Experience in style development from ultra premium to entry level commercial wine production.

  • Owned and operated vineyards in the Barossa Valley and Riverland, Australia (12 hectares).

  • Owned and co-managed private label bottling hall in Barossa Valley, Australia (packaging 2 500 000 bottles per year).

  • Owner and/or manager of wineries in various regions in Australia with production ranging from 50 to 100 000 tons of grapes annually.

  • Consultant winemaking experience in Australia, Italy, U.S.A, South Africa and Poland.

  • Highly experienced in sensory evaluation for wine classification.

  • Winery/Cider design.

  • Winestyles: Still red/white, sparkling red/white - charmat/injection/traditional method, fortified wine, Ice wine, still and sparkling cider and perry, appassimento, barrel fermented white wine, Pet Nat and natural wines (no/low SO2).