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Company
Robert Mondavi Winery
Bio
Zoran Ljepovic was born in Zagreb, Croatia where he earned Engineer of Agronomy Degree in Enology, Viticulture and Pomology. He worked for renowned wine and spirits company Badel 1862 before he completed his Enology Master’s degree at CSU Fresno under Professor Barry Gump.

In 2006, Zoran joined Robert Mondavi Winery as Wine QC manager for Icon Estates wines, a luxury wine division of Constellation Brands. In 2008 he was promoted to a QC/QA Manager for Wine Process Improvement. In that role he was managing QC/QA for the Robert Mondavi & Clos du Bois bottling facilities. In 2014 Zoran took a role of QA Director for microbiology and sanitation where he conducts sanitation audits for all the Constellation bottling facilities and wineries, troubleshoots wine microbiology issues and works on implementation of GMP, HACCP & SQF programs. Zoran presented his research at various conferences and symposia from ASEV, Unified Symposium for Wines & Grapes, CERA group, Brewers & Vintners Symposia among others. He served as a technical board member for ASEV and board member for Napa Valley Wine Technical Group as well as co-president of CERA microbiology group.