Eric Risch
Education
University of San Francisco
BS, Information Systems -Work Experience
Patent Wines
Current
Patent Wines
Appellation St. Helena
Current
Appellation St. Helena
Pellet Estate
Current
Pellet Estate
Town & Country Real Estate
2004-03-01 - 2010-05-01
Town & Country Real Estate
Grapevine
1992-01-01 - 2002-10-01
Grapevine
Medior
1991-01-01 - 1993-01-01
Medior
Apple
1988-01-01 - 1992-01-01
Apple
Wells Fargo
1985-01-01 - 1987-01-01
Wells Fargo
Skills
Summary
As the General Manager for both Patent Wines®, and Pellet Estate® in St. Helena, I established the Wineries, and currently direct all Winemaking, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Branding, Packaging, Legal, Compliance, and Financial components for our flagship brands. Prior to Patent Wines, I was CEO of Grapevine, a web marketing agency that leveraged the power and immediacy of the web for strategic sales and business purposes. We built a prestigious client portfolio, attracting and retaining both start-ups and Fortune 1000 companies such as 3Com, Netscape, Adobe Systems and J.D. Power & Associates. Grapevine grew to be one of the top eight web marketing firms in the Bay Area in just six years. Before founding Grapevine, I worked for Medior Inc. (a multimedia production studio acquired by AOL), Apple Computer, and Wells Fargo Bank. I relocated to the Bay Area from St. Louis in 1985, where I worked for 10 years in the family residential construction business, developing land, building houses and subdivisions.
