Harvest Intern
(Wine Jobs:
Vineyards & Cellars )
Full Time
Dashe Cellars
Oakland,
California
Dashe Cellars is looking for four interns for the 2017 harvest season, starting mid-August and lasting until mid- to late-October. It's a great opportunity to make a wide variety of different wines while living in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dashe Cellars (www.dashecellars.com) is located just blocks away from Oakland's Jack London Square, and therefore is ideal for candidates who would like to live in Oakland or in the cities of Berkeley, Alameda, Emeryville, or San Francisco.
The oldest and most established winery in Oakland, Dashe Cellars specializes in non-industrial winemaking techniques, including native yeast fermentations of both red and white wines, natural malolactic fermentations, large format (i.e. foudre and puncheon-sized barrels) aging of wines, etc. Grapes are sourced from Sonoma and Mendocino counties, as well as the Sierra Foothills. Interns must have the dedication, focus, and work-ethic necessary to create superb wines.
Interns have an excellent opportunity to learn all facets of red (zinfandel, cabernet sauvignon, petite sirah, carignane, grenache, mourvedre) and white (riesling, grenache blanc, chenin blanc) wine production, including:
• Must analysis and fermentation monitoring
• Crushing and sorting grapes
• Pump-overs and punch down fermentations
• Pressing of both red and white varietals
• Wine movements
• Barrel preparation and racking
• Laboratory analysis (SO2, Res. Sugar, VA, EtOH, etc.)
• Blending trials
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate should be able to follow written and verbal instructions, lift and carry 50+lbs, have a positive attitude and be careful and detail-oriented. Position requires flexible hours and the ability to work on evenings and weekends during the most intense parts of the harvest.
Ability to use a forklift not required but welcome. Laboratory skills for at least one intern a plus.
Candidates must have either previous winery experience or be on a professional winemaking path of education. Preference given to candidates with housing already arranged in the Bay Area, since housing can be expensive in this area.
