Recently working her way up from Cellar Worker to Frank Family\u2019s Enologist, Katie has been a key part to our winemaking team for the past three years. She grew up coming to Napa Valley with her parents and sister and was ultimately hooked on winemaking when helping her dad disgorge homemade sparkling wine at 20 years old. From there, Katie earned her Associates Degree in Winemaking at the Napa Valley Community College before following her passion overseas to complete her Bachelors in Enology and Viticulture in Bordeaux, France. Katie\u2019s career goal is to start a winery with her dad someday and we\u2019re grateful to have her on our team until then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: As Frank Family’s Enologist, I mainly run analysis on our wine samples in the lab and set up trials for our Winemaker Todd. I\u2019ve also been working with safety specialists to ensure the winery is maintaining safe standards which has been interesting. I’d say the biggest difference I’ve experienced since moving from the cellar to the lab is getting a much closer look at all the different aspects that go into running a winery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: The Chiles Valley Zinfandel<\/a> because it’s bold and smooth in a way that really hits the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A: The people – we have a really great team and we know how to make the job fun. Also, working in the beautiful Napa Valley every day is a plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A: One organization that I’d like to highlight is the Intertribal Agriculture Council which is a nonprofit organization founded to promote conservation, development, and use of agricultural resources for indigenous peoples. I think in the spirit of giving back it’s important to support and recognize the people who have stewarded this land for hundreds of years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A: Just jump in and get your hands dirty! Work a harvest internship and learn as much as possible on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A: I\u2019m a competitive ski racer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently working her way up from Cellar Worker to Frank Family\u2019s Enologist, Katie has been a key part to our winemaking team for the past three years. She grew up coming to Napa Valley with her parents and sister and was ultimately hooked on winemaking when helping her dad disgorge homemade sparkling wine at 20 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[93,130,18,14,97,94],"class_list":["post-2556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes","tag-behind-the-scenes","tag-employee-spotlight","tag-napa-valley","tag-wine","tag-winemaking","tag-winery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Katie_Sears.png?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parYsd-Fe","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankfamilyvineyards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Q: What is your favorite part about working at Frank Family?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Q: The theme for our latest magazine<\/a> is “Giving Back,” is there a specific charity that is special to you?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Q: What’s your advice for someone wanting to start a career in winemaking?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Q: What’s a fun fact about yourslef?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n