Why am I taking Wine Dynamics
The short answer is that I love wine.
The long answer is that we have a family winery in India
(called GroverZampa) that was started by my grandfather. My undergrad degree is
Viticulture and Enology from UCDavis, and I have been a winemaker at Grover for almost all of my career. I did a harvest at Cakebread Cellars in Napa post graduating, but most of my
experience has been in India. We have won over 80 international awards for quality
during my time as winemaker, and I am extremely proud of the wine we currently
produce. Grover is recognized in India for being a quality leader, and we are the second largest winery in India.
My focus has been wine production and everything technical
that goes into wine making. Diligently consuming wine has been the most wonderful
component of my job! My focus, understanding and experience within the wine
world has been completely specialized in production thus far. I have done some work with both
our domestic and international markets, but these forays have been more for me to
understand the consumer from engineering the product perspective.
The actual business side has been something I have not
really explored and not something that I have been drawn to quite in the same
way as the art of making wine. Part of the reason to come to Business school
was to pull myself out of the purely technical, and to supplement these skills
with a broader understanding of business. However, I miss wine. Harvest will
start soon, and it will be the first in many years that I will not participate
in. This class allows me to be around my favourite beverage, while still
learning so much about it!
Can't wait to lean on your expertise about the Indian wine market in this course- and as discussed, would be delighted to feature your family's wines. Ideal date to taste them would be the day of Midterm Presentations. LMK~
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