Winemaking Intern (Healdsburg)

Job Summary

The Intern Winemaking duties will vary with the intent to participate in the overall wine quality from grape to finished product while following sustainable TWG practices. The intern will be required to spend a given amount of time shadowing different roles within the facility to gain knowledge and understand practices, processes while developing leadership skills.

Essential Functions

• Learn the different processes within the facility to gain knowledge and understand practices while developing leadership skills (e.g., Cellar, Compliance, Winemaking, and Analytical Lab)
• Analytical Lab: Given an opportunity to learn all the various lab procedures and should be able to identify wine specs for all the different varietals upon completion of this section. They will be required to pull tank samples which will aid in the learning of the tank farm.
• Sanitation: The intern required to participate in the overall sanitation of the facility prior to the season. This gives an opportunity to learn the basics behind the process prior to the start of crush. The intern will work closely with the cellar employees during the completion of this process, which will help develop a good working relationship prior to the season.
• Crush: During crush season the intern will be required to supervise all grape processing. This includes:
• Ensuring that sanitation has been properly completed prior to the daily startup.
• Responsible for the grape trucks from the test stand to the tanks correct manner.
• Responsible to see that tanks are drained/pressed at the right times based on directions from winemaking.
• Participate in daily fermenter tasting and conduct tank walks twice per day.
• Participate in and document all production scale winemaking trials.
• May be required to write work orders under the direction of the Winemaker.
• Aid winemaking/cellar to ensure processing is conducted in the correct manner.
• May be required to assist the winemaker and compliance in the process of closing completed work orders.
• Stay up to date with all cellar processing.
• Need to be able to answer questions about various states of processing when approached by others.
• Participate in all benchtop trials as directed by winemaking (fining, blending, etc.).
• Learn why and how each piece of equipment functions in the cellar. This will require that the intern spends time with each of the operators on the various pieces of equipment around the winery.
• The intern will be required to provide a status report on the internship upon completion of each of the major tasks above.

Qualifications

• Must be 21 years or older upon starting employment.
• Enrolled in or recent graduate of an undergraduate program in Viticulture and Enology
• Must be a college student or recent graduate, Junior Level in coursework, or above.
• Must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Must be able to commit to a minimum of six months of full-time work.
• Must be highly proficient in Microsoft Office, the Internet and computer aptitude.
• Excels at creative problem solving.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to determine the root cause of the problem.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills with attention to detail.
• Need to be able to prioritize while able to adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability work independently within set guidelines.
• Demonstrated reliability and punctuality, work effectively in team/crew environment, adherence to all safety regulations and operating procedures.

Physical Demands

• Position will be exposed to indoor and outdoor environments with varying noise levels.
• Ability to perform tasks requiring bending, stooping, standing, and twisting in a production environment.
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs occasionally.

Compensation

Hiring Hourly Range Posted: $22.00 – $24.00/hour. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, knowledge, and abilities, education, and other position-related factors.

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