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Lauryn Allen

Lauryn Allen

Templeton,USA

Summary

  • Winemaking III
  • Wine Analysis and Amelioration
  • Biochemistry
  • Wine Microbiology
  • Advanced Viticulture
  • Organic Chemistry

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Laboratory/Cellar Technician Intern

Daou Vineyards
07.2020 - 12.2024
  • Conduct chemical, microbiological, and sensory analysis, ensuring consistent communication with the winemaking team to maintain high product quality
  • Manage data analysis for fermentation and barrel quality control using Excel, Innovint, and Airtable software
  • Assist with standard operating procedures and troubleshooting for new lab and cellar equipment, ensuring seamless integration and function
  • Process berry and cluster samples during harvest to determine optimal picking timelines
  • Lead quality control during bottling by conducting cork analysis, packaging inspections, and sterility testing.

Product Development Researcher

Onafis
08.2023 - 12.2024
  • Manage barrel fermentation trials using in-situ wireless barrel sensors
  • Develop procedures to accurately assess different microclimates in a barrel room
  • Identify different characteristics among barrel cooperages based on dissolved oxygen trials
  • Collaborate with Onafis to analyze data, troubleshoot equipment, and discuss improvements

Product Development Researcher

Energy Pulse Systems
08.2023 - 12.2024
  • Organized trials comparing phenolic differences in untreated vs. pulse electric field-treated berries
  • Tracked key variables to optimize pulse rate and energy combinations
  • Trained Daou employees how to safely operate the high voltage machinery

Student Sensory Research Panelist

California Polytechnic State University
09.2023 - 06.2024
  • Participated on trained sensory panels for Cal Poly research wines, contributing to a standardized wine sensory evaluation system
  • Gained technical wine sensory education with standardized aromas, flavors, and faults based on the Cal Poly and WSET grading systems

Education

Bachelor of Science - Wine and Viticulture

California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo
06.2024

Skills

  • Microsoft Excel (advanced functions)
  • Innovint
  • Vintrace
  • Wine X-ray
  • Airtable
  • SPICA Biosystems
  • Mettler Toledo
  • Spectrophotometer
  • Alcolyzer
  • Density meter
  • Centrifuge
  • Turbidimeter
  • DO meter
  • Gallery discrete analyzer
  • Oculyze
  • Onafis sensors
  • PCR
  • AO
  • Energy Pulse Systems

Timeline

Student Sensory Research Panelist

California Polytechnic State University
09.2023 - 06.2024

Product Development Researcher

Onafis
08.2023 - 12.2024

Product Development Researcher

Energy Pulse Systems
08.2023 - 12.2024

Laboratory/Cellar Technician Intern

Daou Vineyards
07.2020 - 12.2024

Bachelor of Science - Wine and Viticulture

California Polytechnic State University

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