Our Team
If you are looking at contacting one of our staff members directly, please email us at hello@tate.wine and it will be directed to them.
DIRECTING TEAM
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Franklin and Heather Tate
Co Founders & Owners
Franklin grew up in a wine loving family as the son of John and Toni Tate, Founders of Evans and Tate Wines. Franklin and Heather have devoted their life to bottling up the best of the Margaret River region. They pride themselves on their committed and caring team.
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Mark Paton
Director
Mark has worked with Tate Wine for over 25 years. With over 40 years experience in banking & investment including roles at ANZ, Westpac and Royal Australian Engineers. We don’t know how he fits it in, but he is currently working with AFSG Capital and Mantis Funds Management. Mark would never say no to a glass of Australian shiraz and a match of tennis.
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Phillip Osborne
Finance Director
Phillip assists in achieving optimal performance for Tate Wine. He works alongside Franklin to optimise profitability and cash flow. Beyond crunching numbers, Phillip is a scuba diving instructor and qualified TEC 50 diver.
Winemakers
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Frederique Perrin
Director of Winemaking
Frederique grew up in France where she has fond memories of the influence of wine from early on. With an incredibly respected palate, Frederique brings a calabre of winemaking that is highly revered in the industry.
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Julian Scott
Senior Winemaker
Established winemaker, formerly working at Flametree Wines. Julian has extensive experience in Western wineries, boasting the best of Margaret River in his wines.
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Bronnley Cahill
Winemaker- Logistics
Bronnley is wine and creativity obsessed. She thoroughly enjoys innovation, problem solving and attention to detail so is perfect as our logistics winemaker.
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Emiliano Secco
Winemaker- Operations
Italian born and bred winemaker Emiliano started his career in Barbaresco, Italy, and as he established his winemaking he ventured to McLaren Vale, South Australia. He has broad geographical knowledge of Italy and Australia. He loves being hands on in every element on the winemaking process.
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Beau O'Loughlin
Group Viticulturalist
In charge of our five vineyards, Beau understands how to balance the environmental impacts to bring the best out of the vines that grow on each vineyard.
Sales
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Tina Iannantuoni
Director of Sales
With extensive leadership experience working in wine sales, Tina provides valuable insights and no-nonsense guidance for all matters of wine. When she is not working, Tina is running, cooking or with her biological family.
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Richard Gupta
North America Business Advisor
For all of our wine sales abroad, Richard is our go to middle man. Maintains strong partnerships with customers abroad and drives growth of international wine supply.
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Melissa Albertsen
WA Sales Manager
Melissa is our manager of WA Sales Representatives and manager of our Metropolitan South off-premise stores. She spends her time between stores and the office, making sure her team is a familiar face in every liquor store.
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Steve Turpin
Area Manager - Central & North
Steve started at TATE WINE in early 2018 and has established a reputation for his enthusiast sales skills and generous nature. He spends much of his time importing his sound knowledge to his loyal customers.
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Sally Mapleson
Area Manager- South West
A South West local, Sally is our sales representative for all of our regional liquor stores sales. Having worked in family business previously, Sally really values a close knit team.
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Rachel Calameri
On Premise Area Manager
Rachel comes to Tate Wine with a variety of sales experience in Real Estate, Events and Business which provides an understanding of the knowledge and expertise she brings to the team. Also coming from a Sicilian family she knows nothing beats the pairing of food and wine.
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Saskia Willig
Area Manager - Country North
Originally from the Netherlands, but now calling Geraldton home. Along the way she took up residence in Margaret River, becoming familiar with the wine and nature of our South West.
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Linley Taylor
Area Manager - East & Peel
With a life full of experience of sales and promotions, Linley is an expert at representing the Tate Wine brand. Linley’s personable nature takes our wines beyond something to drink too a lifestyle.
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Te Maniapoto
Sales Service Manager
Te is our resident Sales Service Manager extraordinaire. She’s brings to Tate Wine a keen eye for sales coordinating and has a knack for creating cohesive reports faster than you can say Riesling.
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VANESSA WRIGHT
Sales Administrator
The welcoming face as you enter, and the friendly voice over the phone. The go-to in the office for everything, and always has a great recommendation
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Lexi Nottle
Office Manager
Lexi is our office equivalent of Google. Lexi is the queen of getting it done and handles all office related tasks with expertise and a superb attitude.
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KIARA MEADOWS
Executive Assistant
From managing schedules, to coordinating meetings and travel for Frank, Kiara is a force to be reckoned with. She handles all tasks with strength and spirit.
Finance
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Peter Cominos
Finance
Peter specialises in managing cashflow, finance trends & forecasting to keep Tate Wine’s accounts happy and healthy. Although Peter lives and breathes finance, he has recently gotten into collecting antiques which he didn’t have included in his budget. We recommend asking Peter how many beer steins he has in his collection now!
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Christobel Yung
Transaction Manager
Christobel is in charge of our transactions both in and out of the business. She is so quiet you would never know she is there, but a terrible poker-face when trying not to laugh.
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Victoria Tripoli
Accounts Payable
Vikki is the lovely face that does a great job at making sure our bills are paid and every receipt is collected. Vikki travels from Mandurah everyday to bless us with her smiley face and delicious cookies.
Marketing
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Olivia Tate
Head of Marketing
Olivia specialises in marketing and brand development for our entire brand family. Daughter of Franklin, her passion for wine developed having seen his expertise and adaptability in the industry.
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Rosa Doyle
Design Coordinator
Rosa is our wonderful design coordinator for all of our labels and brands. Rosa has extensive experience in a variety of industries, an incredible eye for detail, design and illustrations. We are overjoyed to have such an accomplished designer on our team!
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Kylie Sheridan
Content Coordinator
Kylie is our resident explorer, with extensive experience in travel photography, even winning the Lonely Planet travel photography competition in 2017. She is our social media wizz and has put the suitcases down to join us here at Tate Wine.
Production
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Nikki Webber
Production Manager
Nikki is Tate Wine’s Google. She knows all there is about production, printing and Tate Wine. We are extremely privileged to have such a hardworking individual on the team.
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Emily Cui
Logistics Administration
Organises freight and logistics interstate and internationally, working to ensure the utmost efficiency and ease in the transportation process. We are very happy to have Emily on board!
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Dan Bauer
Production Scheduler & Procurement Officer
Dan works in our logistics and production team making sure we are all organised and working on schedule. Dan blesses our working team from his very own Adelaide office.
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Tiana Pita
Production & Logistics Officer
Tiana focuses her time orchestrating wine deliveries within Australia. She works alongside the logistics and production team to ensure smooth operations occur.
Furry Friends
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Fernando Tate
Supervisor of Barking & Drama
Mr Fernando Tate blessed the Tate Wine office for years. He had the staff trained extremely well, especially Peter whom brought in his own biscuits to feed Fernando. Fernando now supervisors the office from the sky with unlimited chicken sandwiches.
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Fettuccine Tate
Jnr Supervisor
Fettuccine (Feta for short) has been hired recently as our acting supervisor directly reporting to Mr Fernando Tate. He is extremely focused on rating the staff lunches, snacks and cuddles. Fernando has been impressed with his work already.
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Slater Scott
Margaret River Supervisor
Slater does an excellent job supervising the Margaret River team and the whole winemaking process at Tate Wine. He ensures quality control. He loves sticks, running around the vineyards and as many pats as possible.