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Alex Cose | Winemaker

After six years of banking, Alex Cose decided that perhaps his true talent and where he would find his greatest personal reward was working with wine. He had studied finance and accounting at California State University, Hayward and landed a position as a loan officer. But in 1992, he decided to work a harvest internship at Monticello Vineyards in Napa Valley and see if the wine business had more to offer.

Through the weeks of being covered in grapes, performing small maintenance, bottling, and a fermentation research project, his dream became more of a possibility and he began to make plans. Alex entered California State University, Fresno in the spring of 1993. Before graduating in 1996, he had completed another internship with Montevina Winery in Plymouth and at Joseph Phelps Winery in St. Helena.

Fortunate beyond his wildest dreams, Alex was selected in May 1996 for a harvest internship at Peter Michael Winery in Calistoga. His fortune continued when his internship developed into a full-time position. For six years, he was part of the very small winemaking team responsible for producing one of California's premier Cabernet Sauvignons - Les Pavots, world-class Chardonnay, and the first vintages of Pinot Noir at the winery.

In the Spring of 2002, Alex was hired as winemaker for AVALON Winery.