Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine
Robin Akhurst currently serves as the Vice President of Winemaking at Vintage Wine Estates, overseeing a luxury wine portfolio that includes 11 Estate Brands and 12 Asset Lite Brands, alongside multiple B2B projects. With a strong background in winemaking, Robin has held positions like Regional Director of Winemaking for Napa and Sonoma and has been involved with various wineries including Sonoma Coast Vineyards, Apsara Cellars, Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine, Clos Pegase, and Swanson Vineyards, where responsibilities ranged from team leadership to optimizing winemaking operations. Robin’s educational background includes a Post Graduate Diploma in Viticulture and Enology from Lincoln University and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from The University of Edinburgh.
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Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine
Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine is the namesake brand of one of Napa Valley’s leading women in wine, who has lived and breathed this premier wine-growing region all her life. With two sparkling wines that draw on California’s past while attracting contemporary lovers of champagne and bubbles in general, Paula builds on the legacy of her family’s winery Hanns Kornell Champagne Cellars, the first to use “méthode champenoise” in California. Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine is about crafting wines that are stylish, sophisticated, and engaging, and—importantly for Paula—food-friendly. Designed to be drunk with friends and family, raise a toast to California’s history and the rich pleasure of enjoying Paula Kornell Sparkling Wine.
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