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A Company's Greatest Resource is having a Reliable, Well Trained, Knowledgeable, and Enthusiastic Staff.

At this point we would like to introduce you to some of the key people that really make things happen here at Saviez Vineyard Management. Each one is unique, and offers different talents and skills that make all of the pieces of a great Vineyard Management team really fit together well.

Paul Saviez

Education - Viticulture Program, Santa Rosa Junior College. University of California Davis. Paul also has a Qualified Application License (QAL) for spraying and is a Licensed Timber Operator (LTO) with the State of California. Both licenses are crucial in vineyard maintenance as well as development.

Experience - Operated his own vineyard management company for over 19 years, independent of Saviez Vineyards. Starting at the tender age of 7 years old, Paul has worked the land for over 45 years. The ambitious Paul worked as a licensed contractor, even while still working the ranch in the early 80's, and assumed control of Saviez Vineyards in 1988


Paul Saviez

Jesus Espitia
Education - Personally trained by Paul Saviez

Experience - Over 15 years with Saviez Vineyard Management, general manager in charge of all staff in the field, and a very capable operator of any and all heavy equipment necessary for all facets of Vineyard development and General Engineering (Retaining walls, road construction, etc...) Adept at troubleshooting most equipment, & potential equipment mechanical needs.


Jesus Espitia

Sebastian Vasquez

Education - Personally trained by Paul Saviez.

Experience - Sebastian has been with Saviez Vineyard Management for over 11 years. Adept at coordinating multiple personnel for various tasks at multiple locations in an efficient manner. Vineyard Monitoring & Maintenance specialist. Coordinator of pruning, soil amendments, fertigation and pesticides application, and even frost protection.


Sebastian Vasquez

Antonio Garcia

Education - Trained by Jesus Espitia, Sebastian Vasquez & Paul Saviez.
                  
Experience - with just under 10 years at Saviez Vineyard Management, he can be plugged in to any situation with ease. Lately, Tony has been in charge of Vineyard infrastructure tasks for many of our new developments. Coordinating perimeter fence construction, vineyard row & block layout, and irrigation system installation.


Antonio Garcia

Armando J. Miranda, a.k.a. "The Rookie"

Education - Viticulture Program at Napa Valley College, and Santa Rosa Junior College.
 
Experience - Vineyard Fence Contractor. Almost 20 years in the Special Events Business. 2 internships: One with Andy Beckstoffers Winegrowers Farming Co., the other with GeoVit Consulting of Napa, Ca. Fully Bi-lingual.


Armando J. Miranda, a.k.a. "The Rookie"

Zig and Tamingga
Zig (terrior) is our unwavering security system and Tamingga is our loyal Saviez greeter.

Zig and Tamingga