Harvest Cellar - JGW 2024

Req ID: 6516 

Department: [[department]]  

Status: [[jobType]], Nonexempt  

Location: St Helena, California (US-CA)  

Workplace Location:  On-Site

Joel Gott Wines is hiring seasonal harvest cellar interns with work beginning in August/Sep and running 2 to 4 months. This is a great opportunity to work in the cellar with grapes from all over California. We are open to candidates with or without cellar experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform additions and inoculations to juice/wine
• Perform cap management, pump-overs
• Cleaning and sanitizing equipment (tanks, barrels, drains, floors)
• Manage harvest cellar activities and send reports to the supervisor
• Rack/transfer wine from tanks and barrels
• Forklift/Scissor driving
• Pulling samples for tasting/analysis
• Assist in fruit receiving and processing
• Topping barrels
• Pulling hoses and wine transfer set ups
• Shoveling pomace from tanks
• Operating winery equipment (pumps, fruit processing equipment, yeast re-hydrators, etc.)
• Some driving between facilities for some candidates
• Exposure to wine and cleaning chemicals

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be 18 years or older
• Hard working, ability to follow written and verbal instructions
• Ability to work long hours, nights and weekends
• Extensive walking and ability to lift and carry up to 50lbs
• Exposure to machinery, forklifts and related production equipment
• Exposure to outside elements and physical work (lifting, bending, climbing, squatting)
• Must comply with all safety equipment requirements including respirator

Salary Range: $20.40 -  $31.10  

The starting pay will be based on several factors, including but not limited to experience, training, education, and geographic location.

Trinchero Family Estates provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Trinchero Family Estates complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.