Advice, Assistance or Action

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 and International wine regions and wine markets.

Nicole is 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.

She established NE Wine Services in 2018 as a ‘best friend for your wine business’, offering colleagues and clients the advantages of her experience, knowledge and network and providing any amount of involvement, assistance, advice or action that may be required.

Nicole is a renowned and pragmatic ‘doer’ and while based in the Yarra Valley, regularly works with clients throughout Victoria, NSW and WA. Travel is never an obstacle.

 

Skills & Services

Winemaking

  • Full oversight from vineyard to bottling

  • Short-term advice and trouble shooting

  • Fruit/wine sourcing

  • Winemaking plans, budgeting and cost control, style reviews, barrel selection and procurement, blending and bottling preparation

  • Contract winery liaison, quality control, bottling supervision

  • Packaging design and procurement

  • Operational efficiency improvements

Vineyard

  • Site selection

  • Vineyard design, development & redevelopment

  • Development and operational budgeting

  • Manager oversight

  • Fruit sales sales and sourcing

  • Harvest management

  • Harvest logistics

Marketing & Media

  • Content creation and copy writing

  • Media liaison

  • Market representation

Brand Creation and Design

  • Creation and ideas

  • Messaging

  • Packaging and promotional material

Sales

  • Connections

  • Campaigns

  • Logistics

  • Merchandising

  • Export documentation and logistics

Site & Hospitality Management

  • Budgeting & efficiencies

Business

  • Financial reviews

  • Strategies

  • Efficiency reviews and assessments

  • Due Diligence

  • Contract negotiation

Governance

  • Board & Committee participation

Recruitment

  • Executive, Management and Senior Production roles

 

Get in touch

To contact Nicole simply complete the email enquiry form or get in touch using the details below:

NE WINE SERVICES
0407 386 314
NEwineservices.com.au
NE@NEwineservices.com.au