Devon Sanchez, owner and brewer

Devon Sanchez was born and raised in the Coachella Valley. After graduating from Palm Springs High School and attending College of the Desert for general education he transferred to San Diego to attend the University of California, San Diego while working full-time. While going to school he was taught the beer basics from his roommate who worked for Ballast Point Home Brew Mart and brewed as much as possible. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science – emphasis International Relations, he accepted an invitation to work as an intern in Washington D.C. for libertarian think tank Cato Institute.

Tired of the DC politics, he moved to Healdsburg, Sonoma to make wine at Alderbrook Winery for a harvest season. After learning much about winemaking, he moved down to the Bay Area to work as an assistant brewer at Faultline Restaurant Brewery and bottle/keg-wash at Hermitage Brewing Company. While working at Alderbrook he reached out to Awatere River Wine Company to work the opposite season harvest in Marlborough, New Zealand. Learning much in the fast-paced world of large production winemaking handling crush for winemakers such as Kim Crawford, he travelled NZ and Australia, landing back in Nelson, NZ to find work in beer-making. With not much luck due to the winter season, Devon called up the new Coachella Valley Brewing Company for the amazing opportunity to help start a new brewery in the place where he grew up. Working through CVB through construction and build out to cellarman to delivery and taproom service and managing he built a great understanding of the means to follow his dream of opening his own brewery, to serve up delicious brews for the growing population of craft beer drinkers in the Coachella Valley.