Nicole Esdaile is an award winning and highly respected winemaker and wine professional with 30 years of broad, successful, 'hands-on' production, sales, marketing and management experience at senior and executive levels in several premium Australian wine regions.

An avid industry observer and a proven leader, with significant strategic and procedural ability, an extensive industry network, and a reputation for successful business set-ups, fix-ups and turnarounds:

Nicole is a ‘best friend for your wine business’.

SCOPE is Nicole’s small-batch winemaking project - taking advantage of small, interesting and delicious batches of fruit - to make delicious, premium wines that are both affordable and optimally drinkable!

Skills & Services

Winemaking

• Full oversight from vineyard to bottling. Including fruit/wine sourcing, budgeting, style setting, winemaking plans, winery oversight, quality control, blending and bottling preparation, packaging design & procurement.

• Short-term advice or staff replacement

• Troubleshooting

Vineyard

• Site selection, design, development & redevelopment, development and operational budgeting, management oversight, fruit sales and sourcing

Marketing & Media

• Strategies, content creation, media liaison, copywriting, brand representation

Brand Design

• Positioning, messaging, design, packaging and promotional material

Sales

• Connections, campaigns, logistics, merchandising, export documentation & management

Site & Hospitality Management

• Budgeting & efficiencies

Business

• Strategies, Reviews & Assessments, Due Diligence

• Contract negotiation

Governance

• Board & Committee participation

Recruitment

• Executive and Senior Production roles