Josh Hermsmeyer

Current

Owner at Capozzi Winery

Education

University of California, Davis

Connections

71 connections

Industry

Wine and Spirits

Websites

Pinotblogger

Josh Hermsmeyer’s Summary

Josh Hermsmeyer is a winemaker, winery co-owner and President of Capozzi Winery in the Russian River Valley.

Josh has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Wine & Spirits, Wines and Vines, The Press Democrat, North Bay Biz and Fast Company Now. He has given talks on social media and marketing at Sonoma State University, The Wine Industry Technology Symposium, The Mendocino Winegrape Commission, and will be speaking at the Women for Wine Sense HR Wine Conference in May 2009.

Josh has written for Wines and Vines and co-authored a chapter on direct-to-consumer marketing and Wine 2.0 for Professor Liz Thach’s Wine: A Global Business, the authoritative academic text on the wine industry. He served on the Sonoma County Wine Library Associates Board of Directors from 2007-2008, and was elected President for the 2008 year. Josh was trained at UC Davis, where he studied Economics and Winemaking.

Josh Hermsmeyer’s Experience

Owner

Capozzi Winery

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wine and Spirits industry)

November 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)

A family winery in the Russian River Valley located on a 17 acre plot on Laguna Rd in Forestville. Currently we are in the process of building our production facility.