Aloïs Houeto

Experience

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  EARL du Clos Lauran

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

  Viticulture intern

  6-week internship. AOC Buzet wines. Realization of most of the works in the vineyard : • Shoots positioning • Folding • Used stakes replacement • Layering I took responsabilities in the preparation of the general assembly of the Organization of Defense and Management of Buzet’s wines. I also realized a thematic study about the valorization possibilities of vine’s by-products.

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  Château Gigault, Premières Côtes de Blaye

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  Viticulture intern

  Voluntary internship to improve my knowledge in the practical aspect of my study. Supervised by the vineyard manager, I assisted him in most of the tasks to maintain and protect the vines conducted in organic farming : • Rigorous removal of surplus shoots• Shoots positioning• Making of preparations derived from plant material (horsetail, fern)• Leaf thinning (manually and mechanically)• Green harvest• Bottles labelling• Inter-rows mowing

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  Stellenbosch University

  Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

  Research Assistant

  3-month internship in the Viticulture and Œnology Department of Stellenbosch University. Participation and involvement in 3 different projects about precision viticulture : - Canopy volume calculation - Bunch volume and yield assessment - Water stress managment • Protocols development, data collection and analysis• Use of different imaging methods (Kinect, NDVI, LiDAR, hyperspectral)

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  Château Montrose

  Jan 2019 - Nov 2019

  R&D intern and Œnologist Assistant

  6-month internship to valid my National Diploma of Œnologist. The internship was separated in two periods : the first managing experiments in the vineyard and the second assisting the cellar team for the 2019 vintage. Period 1 : R&D • Managment of several experiments with different thematics (phytosanitary, mass selection, pruning methods...)• Data collection and analysis• Experimental reports (powerpoints and other documents)Period 2 : Harvest and winemaking• Development of the winemaking process for an experimental block• Works in the cellar from harvest reception to bottling• Handling of all oenological equipment (pumps, press, yeasts, bacteria...) Voir moins

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  Warwick Wine Estate

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2019

  Cellar Hand

  Realization of tasks on white and red wines from maturity controls to barrel filling :• Irrigation managment before harvest (pressure chamber)• Maturity controls (berry sampling, basic analysis (sugar, pH...))• Harvest reception and sorting • Vinification (yeasting, pumpovers, pigeage)• Racking, de-vatting, pressing • Barrel filling, topping

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  Fruition Sciences - 360viti

  Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

  R&D Intern and Sales Engineer Assistant

  6-month internship to valid my engineering degree. • Installation and maintenance of a sapflow sensor network in Bordeaux, Cognac and Montpellier • Analysis of the effects of climate on berries sugar loading (10 vintages and 3 different regions)• Data analysis, programming and modeling

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  Institut français de la vigne et du vin (IFV)

  Jan 2021 - Sept 2021

  R&D technician

  I assisted the team in place to set up and run smoothly experiments in the vineyard, in the lab, as well as in the cellar. The main goal of the experiments was to test new phytosanitary products (and fertilizers), to refine their positioning throughout the season and to assess their effectiveness in a particularly difficult season (climate wise). Others experiments were also focused on resistant grape varieties introduction in the blending of several Loire Valley wines. • Managment of a phytosanitary treatment program (decisions, products preparation and application)• Installation of a misting device to maintain a microclimate favorable to powdery mildew development• Data collection and analysis (diseases and bugs counting, use of Greenseeker and Dualex to assess vine vegetative expression...)• Coordination of the harvest involving vine growers spread in several departments (Indre-et-Loire, Indre, Loir-et-cher)• Vinification, pressing and tastings organization• Experiments reporting Voir moins

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  Chateau Latour

  Oct 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Research and Development Project manager

    Nov 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Cellar hand

    Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
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  ARTEMIS DOMAINES

  Jan 2023 - now

  Responsable recherche et développement - Modélisation