accepted a public relations position at Fetzer Vineyards in Hopland, California, and spent the next 18 years in the California wine industry. In 1998, he became public relations director for Allied Domecq Wines, USA, parent company of Sonoma County's well-known Clos du Bois winery. The Allied Domecq Wines portfolio also included Cockburn's Port, and French Champagne houses Mumm and Perrier-Joüet. In 2003, he became Vice President of public relations at Kendall-Jackson, America's top premium wine producer. After nearly six years at the Kendall-Jackson helm, Rose left to write, work on several book projects, and consult with smaller wineries on sensible trade and media public relations strategies. In 2008 after a brief break from the wine business, Rose signed on to write a regular column for Dan Berger's Vintage Experiences, a weekly wine trade and consumer newsletter. Rose's occasional essays on wine and other issues of the day have appeared in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, the Ukiah Daily Journal and the San Francisco Chronicle. From 2009 to 2014, Rose was the Director of Communications for Healdsburg-based J Vineyard & Winery, a Sonoma County producer of sparkling and varietal wines. Photographic archive During his years in the wine industry, Rose expanded his photographic portfolio to include Northern California wine regions as well as major wine & food events. Today, his portfolio is one of the most diverse in the business, and includes 1970s rock and roll legends, 1980s celebrities, scenic California landscapes, NFL action, global travel, as well as food and wine photography. Rose is currently an editorial contributing photographer at Getty Images. Exhibits and book publications Rose's photography has been featured in several exhibits at Mumm Napa's Fine Art Photography Gallery in Rutherford, California, as well as exhibits at the Sonoma County Museum, Mendocino County Museum, The New School of Design in New York, and the Los Angeles Museum of Rock and Roll. In 2018, Rose became an artist-member at Gallery Los Olivos, located in Los Olivos, CA. In addition to his wine industry executive responsibilities, Rose has focused on producing several photo books. The Art of Terroir, published by Chronicle Books in 2007, captures the seasonal changes in California wine country. Hollywood, Beverly Hills & Other Perversities, a snapshot of 1970s pop culture published in 2008 by Ten Speed Press, remains a cult classic among Hollywood celebrity aficionados. In 2017, he published VINEYARD: Sonoma County, a coffee table photographic