Our People
"It takes a dedicated team to make it work."
Production:
Fred Holloway
Vice President, Director of Production & Winemaking
Fred has been a successful winemaker for more than 28 years. He has worked with big, medium and small wineries, Mom and Pop to corporate, from hands on experience to supervising over 800 people. He believes that "truly great wines come from the people you work with." His career began on the Central Coast shortly after receiving his Enology degree from Fresno State University. Until the mid 1990's he worked in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties initially building a small boutique winery and then supervising production at one of the largest wineries in the state. Subsequently, he moved to the North Coast where he collaborated in producing the award winning Artisan Series for the Jess Jackson Family of Wines. There from 1996 -1998, he worked with the brand winemakers of Lokoya, Cardinale, Verite, Stonestreet, Hartford Court, La Crema, Robert Pepi and Edmeades in consistantly producing 19 wines rated 90-95 by Robert M. Parker Jr. and 15 wines scoring 90-98 by the Wine Spectator.
He returned to the Central Coast in 1999 as Winemaker at Cambria Winery. There he continued to distinguish himself with high recognition from industry pundits. Parker rated 5 of his wines 90-93 and Wine and Spirits Magazine placed him on their list of Estate Wineries of the Year naming 2 of his wines to their Top Ten wines of the Year list.
"The Central Coast has long been a breeding ground for excellence in winemaking. We were pleased that we did not have to go outside to attract such a highly talented and experienced individual," said Deborah Baldwin co-proprietor for JUSTIN.
Justin Baldwin, co-proprietor of JUSTIN Winery states that, "Fred brings a wealth of experience in both winemaking and management. Each are vitally important to our continued growth as we reach for new heights in our industry."
To reach Fred Holloway, fredholloway@JUSTINwine.com
Kevin Sass
Winemaker
Kevin Sass is a Southern California native growing up in Agoura Hills. Kevin graduated from California State University, Fresno with a double major in Enology Wine Production and Agricultural Business in spring of the year 2000. "I feel fortunate to have graduated from such a dedicated hands on University. Fresno State built a solid winemaking base which allowed me to concentrate and learn more about how quality grapes make quality wine." He then joined the JUSTIN team as an intern for the 2000 harvest working to gain experience in the industry and was subsequently hired on the following January (2001) to oversee all Grower relations and help in the winery. During Kevin's time as the Grower Relations Manager he worked closely with all JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery growers and interacted with many industry consultants.
In January of 2002 Kevin was promoted to Associate Winemaker-managing all day-to-day operations at the winery, vineyard activities and assisting the current grower relations manager with all growers properties. In January of 2006 he was honored to receive the title of Winemaker and we are thrilled to have him as part of our team.
To reach Kevin Sass, sasskevin@JUSTINwine.com
Nick Filice
Vineyard Estate Manager / Vineyard Relations Manager
After attaining a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture from California State University of Chico in 2001, Nick began his career in the San Luis Obispo County working for Pacific Vineyard Company located in the Edna Valley. In April of 2002 JUSTIN Vineyards and Winery hired him to work with our outside growers as the Vineyard Relations Manager. Currently, Nick oversees the management of all JUSTIN vineyards.
To reach Nick Filice, Nick@JUSTINwine.com
Eraclio Luviano
Cellar Worker
Gonzalo Luviano
Cellar Worker
Valeriano Nevarez
Vineyard
Doug Todaro
Facilities Engineer
Johnny Sandoval
Landscaping / Maintenance