2025 Vintage Assistant Winemaker at Cristom Vineyards Cristom Vineyards Canada

Cristom Vineyards Cristom Vineyards; Canada; On-site; CAD 24,797,000 - 35,818,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly wage

Free estate housing

Free harvest lunches

Learning opportunities

Job summary

A boutique winery in Canada is looking for a Vintage Assistant Winemaker for a hands-on internship starting in late March 2025. The role involves all aspects of cellar work, including barrel management, cleaning tanks, and participating in harvest activities. Candidates should have wine production experience and be capable of lifting significant weights. Competitive hourly wage, free housing, and meals during the harvest are offered, providing an excellent learning opportunity in winemaking.

Qualifications

• Must be able to work on feet for 12+ hours.
• Experience in a winemaking environment is preferable.
• Prior wine production experience is preferred.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and stand for long hours.

Responsibilities

• Regular topping of wine barrels.
• Cleaning and sanitizing tanks and equipment.
• Participating in bottling activities and managing pressing logistics.
• Cleaning and sanitizing winery equipment and spaces.
• Maintaining winery infrastructure and organization.
• Collecting wine samples for blending and analysis.

Skills

Skilled forklifting abilities

Basic understanding of winemaking

Wine production experience

Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds

Job description

Overview

2025 Vintage Assistant Winemaker job at Cristom Vineyards Cristom Vineyards. Canada.

Cristom Vineyards is a family-owned winery in the Eola-Amity Hills of the Willamette Valley, producing site-focused Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Viognier, Gamay noir and Syrah in a biodynamic, environmentally aware and sustainable manner.

We’re currently seeking one qualified individual to join our team in 2025 as a Vintage Assistant Winemaker. This would be a long-term, in-depth internship that would cover all aspects of the cellar. The role would commence in late-March / early-April and continue through harvest into a post-harvest period. The end-date could be as late as early-December. In addition to experiencing all elements of cellar work, the Vintage Assistant Winemaker would also engage in extensive animal husbandry activities with our estate flock of sheep, as well as organic vegetable farming and biodynamic viticulture.

Responsibilities

• Regular topping of wine barrels
• Fulfilling addition and fining workorders
• Racking, washing, steaming and sousing of barrels
• Cleaning and sanitizing tanks and equipment
• Maintaining winery equipment, hoses and fittings
• Maintaining winery infrastructure or organization
• Filtering wine
• Participating in bottling activities
• Collecting wine samples for blending and analysis
• Gathering data for crop projections
• Attending to and managing estate flock of sheep
• Regular biodynamic farming activities
• Organic vegetable farming
• Harvest activities
  1. Receiving, organizing and processing fruit
  2. Managing pressing logistics
  3. Barreling down juice and wine
  4. Managing red wine fermentations (punchdowns and pumpovers)
  5. Digging out red fermenters
  6. Steaming and prepping barrels
  7. Forklifting of barrels and fruit
  8. Generating workorders in InnoVint
  9. Recording winemaking activities in InnoVint

Minimum Qualifications

• Skilled forklifting abilities
• Basic understanding of winemaking
• Wine production experience
• Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds and work on their feet for 12+ hours

At Cristom, we strive to create a mutually enjoyable and valuable experience for everyone on the production team. To achieve this, we offer a regionally competitive hourly wage (with plenty of overtime during harvest), free estate housing, free harvest lunches and ample opportunity to learn and grow.

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