Assistant Winemaker / Assistant Vineyard Manager (Wine Jobs: Vineyards & Cellars )

Full Time

  First Leaf (http://www.firstleaf.ca)

  Cowichan Valley, British Columbia

 

Assistant Winemaker and Vineyard Manager

Cherry Point Estate Wines

Cobble Hill, BC   Canada

Job Description:

Cherry Point Estate Wines is seeking an energetic, detail-oriented, and quality-focused Assistant Winemaker / Assistant Vineyard to join the team immediately.

 

We are recruiting an Assistant Winemaker who will be working alongside our consulting winemaker. This person will also be the Assistant Vineyard Manager.

 

The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day cellar operations at Cherry Point Estate Wines, and, in collaboration with the owners and the consulting winemaker, will help maintain and enhance the quality standards for viticulture and enology at the estate. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player with a passion for quaity-oriented viticulture and winemaking. As a small operation, a good fit is as much about the right personality as it is about the ideal skill-set. Please let us know who you are. Compensation will depend on experience.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following, in concert with the owners and the consulting winemaker:

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    • Executing a vineyard management plan.

    • Engaged in all vineyard activities, including pruning, fertilization, sprays, etc., as well as keeping detailed records.

    • Helping to develop, and executing a harvest plan.

    • Helping to develop, and executing a winemaking plan, and

    • Following detailed winemaking protocols in conjunction with the owners, and the consulting winemaker.

    • All day-to-day winemaking activities, including

      • crush,

      • fermentation management,

      • stabilization

      • barrel work,

      • blending and filtration, and

      • bottling.

    • Record-keeping and reporting.

    • On-site lab tests.

    • Supporting public relations events.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and skills:

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    • Preference given to those with minimum 2 years of experience in cellar operations, and vineyard operations.

    • Ability to achieve deadlines while managing multiple priorities and maintaining a high level of quality.

    • Ability to problem-solve and troubleshoot with a methodical approach, as well as good mechanical skills.

    • Good interpersonal, organizational and time-management skills.

    • A love for good wine and a vision of participating in the creation of fine vintages


We thank all applicants for their interest. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

 

Cherry Point is in the Cowichan Valley a beautiful pocket of sea and sunshine on the sheltered east coast of Vancouver Island, in The Wine Islands region of British Columbia. Cowichan is a native word for The Warm Land. It is a pastoral farm to fork community with a fishing village at its centre, Victoria -- a reasonably cosmopolitan city -- a mere hour’s drive away, and a scenic 1 1/2 hour ferry ride to Vancouver. The town of Duncan is a 20 minute drive away.

 

The Wine Islands, and particularly the Cowichan Valley, are becoming an international destination for consumers seeking out high quality cool-climate wines. As a relatively new region with much unexplored potential, there is real opportunity here for a pioneer spirit.

 

Cherry Point Estate Wines is one of the oldest vineyards and wineries in Cowichan, where owners Xavier and Maria Clara Bonilla have been building an impressive reputation for their array of table and dessert wines.
Wine-growing on Vancouver Island is relatively young, and the early successes were mainly with lighter, aromatic white cultivars. More recently, fuller-structured whites like Pinot Gris, and reds like Pinot Noir, for example, have been taking centre stage. Cherry Point has been producing these wines and others to high acclaim.

 

Website: http://cherrypointestatewines.com/

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