Job Status: Filled

Winemaking and Viticulture Assistant (Wine Jobs: Vineyards & Cellars )

Full Time

  Wayfarer Vineyard

  Santa Rosa, California

The Winemaking and Viticulture Assistant at Wayfarer Vineyard is an incredible opportunity for someone seeking to delve deep into all aspects of making ultra-premium wine. This position is focused on an analytic approach to winemaking and vineyard processes. During the growing season the Winemaking and Viticulture Assistant will concentrate on vineyard observations, while during harvest this position will take on responsibilities in the cellar. 

Wayfarer Vineyard is extraordinary and unforgiving – thirty undulating acres hidden beyond rising fog and redwoods on a remote reach of the Sonoma Coast. This distant landscape is the provenance of wildly beautiful wines born of risk, rigor, and mastery; small-lot Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Pacific's most dramatic appellation. Wayfarer wines are produced entirely from our estate vineyard in the Fort Ross-Seaview AVA.

Summary of Job Description:
The Winemaking and Viticulture Assistant is accountable for assisting in all vineyard and winemaking processes at Wayfarer Vineyard. Helping to ensure all fruit is grown, and wines are made, to the winemaker’s standards.

Ideal candidates will possess the following skills:
•  Commitment to excellence and high standards, including integrity and ethics.
•  Thorough knowledge of viticulture and winemaking practices.
•  Ability to plan, organize and execute projects.
•  Highly organized, ability to multi-task, and meet established deadlines and goals.
•  Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
•  High level of accuracy and effective time management skills.
•  Excellent follow up skills and detail orientation.
•  Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
•  PC literate and proficiency in all Microsoft Office Suite applications.

Key among the requirements will be: 
•  Bachelor's degree in related field preferred, or a combination of related education and experience.
•  Three to five years of related experience in lab, vineyard, and cellar
•  Possession of a valid CA driver’s license.
•  Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
•  Ability to work outdoors for extended hours.
•  Hearing, seeing, sitting, standing, bending, walking is frequent. Computer work is frequent.
•  Possession of a valid California drivers’ license.
•  Ability to work extended hours, including weekends, particularly during the harvest season.


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