Pay Rate: $30/hr, plus overtime (when applicable)
Assist the Winemaking team in performing and coordinating grape arrival, juice processing to fermentation stages for the harvest season.
Job Responsibilities
- Create and maintain an Excel spreadsheet documenting grape receiving, juice movements and additions
- Cellar work order Data entry in our Winemaking software for grape and juice receiving and all cellar movement from juice pressing to fermentations
- Selection of tanks for juice settling and racking of juice into selected tanks for primary fermentation with all necessary additions
- Record and Monitor fermentation process. Temperature and Brix every day
- Troubleshoot cooling system and cascade issues to Cellar Supervisor or Winemaking team and maintenance team in case of any problem
- Coordinate daily winemaking tasting and trials
- Coordinate with laboratory and cellar regarding work orders, samples and analysis
- Cellar and lab support as needed
Requirements
Education: High school diploma or GED required.
Bachelor’s degree in food science and / or Enology preferred or 4 to 6 years equivalent experience required,
Languages: English required
Availability: Seasonal role, Entire Harvest Season (Mid-July through Early October)
Professional experience & know how:
- Minimum 1-year winery cellar experience
- Knowledge or ability to learn safe cellar practices, including safe handling of chemicals
- Knowledge of winery cellar operating procedures
- Ability to be trained in confined space entry process and procedures
- Computer skills including Word processing, Data base and spreadsheet
Technical & management skills:
- Previous experience in sparkling wine operations preferred but not required
- Knowledge of cellar operations and specific activities of cellar functions
- Skill in project management and/or logistics
- Skill in mathematics wine additions based on formulas
- Skill in lab analysis and reading lab results
- Ability to organize and detail work process
- Ability to use Microsoft products such as Word and Excel
- Ability to work flexible work shifts and schedules
Personal & interpersonal skills:
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Ability to work harmoniously with co-workers and with different departments to coordinate a result
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to climb stairs
- Ability to stand and walk for long hours
- Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds
- Ability to work both inside and outside in varying, often cold or wet, weather conditions