Vineyard Professional Services Photo
 

Ivan Gonzales

Vineyard Manager

Ivan moved to VPS in early 2018 after several years as a vineyard manager in Napa and Sonoma.  A native of Napa, Ivan was the first of his extended family to attend and receive a college degree, matriculating from Cal Poly SLO with a BS in Viticulture in 2012.  Ivan is a Licensed PCA, with extensive experience managing organically certified ranches.  Having grown up in the wine industry due to his father's almost 40-year career in vineyard management, Ivan's first full-time position came the summer after high school as a winery intern at Saintsbury in Napa. Since then Ivan has worked as a winery research assistant at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and held numerous vineyard management positions at Premier Pacific Vineyards (Santa Rita Hills) and Clark Vineyard Management (St. Helena). In addition to vineyard management oversight of several prominent winery estate properties, Ivan balances his passion for winegrowing with the novelty and trials of being a new parent.

Vineyard
Management
Vineyard Consulting
& Development
Vineyard
Advisory
Equipment
Services
Austin Hope
Hope Family Wines
Randy has been a key component in our quest for excellence and sustainability, not only  in our estate vineyard but also an advisor for us on our 50 plus family farmed vineyards that go into making all our Austin Hope wines. Randy has global experience from Australia to Napa and has worked on some of the most sought after vineyards in the world. His knowledge and approach to developing and growing world class wine grapes is unparalleled. The Paso Robles wine community is very fortunate to have Randy helping shape this region to be the best it can be.
Over 170 95-100 point wines produced from fruit grown by Vineyard Professional Services & Randy Heinzen