Advanced Viticulture will be celebrating its 15th year in business on May 1 of this year. As for most businesses large and small, it started humbly and on a shoestring. Since it’s inception, our business has grown in its services and in its staff. We’re proud of what we’ve been, what we are and what we will become.

One thing is for sure: we will continue to be personally humble but intensely proud of our work.

During this difficult time, we feel fortunate and grateful to be an essential business and are allowed to continue our work, with protections in place to protect our personnel and our customers. Please don’t hesitate to contact us for new technology projects, new consultations, and new management services. And please stay safe and healthy.

We’d like to take this time to introduce you to the leaders in our company. Today we will start with Juan Maya, Vineyard Development Supervisor and Paul Sharp, Technology and Sales Manager.

Juan Maya, Vineyard Development Supervisor

Juan has worked in agriculture since 1996 and in vineyard management for most of that period, specifically across Napa, Sonoma, Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Through his years of experience in different wine growing regions and an inquisitive nature, Juan has been able to develop and refine practices that have met the varying needs of different clients. As vineyard supervisor, working in both the installation and management of vineyards for AV, he is able to apply the techniques and skills he developed during his career to meet the sophisticated needs of vineyards in the North Coast wine growing regions.

Juan is a blessing to AV. Juan exhibits all aspects of what we strive to be as a company. He’s a craftsman, an engineer by default, a leader and a hard worker to say the least. He makes everyone in our company look good and we constantly get compliments about his work, especially on the vineyards he develops with precision and care. He’s also a really nice guy.

Paul Sharp, Sales and Technology Manager

Paul Sharp is a passionate, results-driven professional who radiates a positive attitude within our company and to our clients. His aspirations for success were cultivated in the CSU Chico Business College. There he earned a BS in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing. Paul’s education broadened when he pursued the sustainability pathway at Chico State. Minimizing our ecological footprint and conserving natural resources were two areas of focus. Now he furthers this passion by supporting vineyard sensing technology that reduces natural resource consumption and automation technology that allows for precision application of water while warning clients of system failures that require attention. 

Paul has brought fresh energy to our company. He’s extremely friendly, patient and understanding with our customers. He’s also as tireless in his business development activities as he is installing soil moisture monitoring technology in our vineyards. And he’s the resident master of our technology products. We hope you will meet Paul someday soon.