2018 Vintage Cellar Hand
(Wine Jobs:
Vineyards & Cellars )
Contract
Culmina Family Estate Winery
Oliver,
British Columbia
We are looking for a very passionate, wine oriented candidate to join our winemaking team for Vintage 2018. Because our production team is small, the incumbent will work closely with our Vineyard Manager & Winemaker, Jean-Marc Enixon, and be involved in every aspect of the vintage winemaking process in our new state of the art, gravity flow winemaking facility, complete with a basket press and Bucher Oscillys Destemmer.
The ideal candidate will possess fantastic cellar, crush pad, and laboratory skills, but moreover will have a great attitude and a desire to make top quality wines.
Responsibilities include the following:
- Maintaining winery hygiene, including the sanitisation of tanks and equipment
- Receiving and processing grapes
- Transferring and racking tanks
- Operating winery equipment (pumps, de-stemmer, press, etc)
- Carrying out daily pump overs
- Conducting basic lab analysis testing (TA, pH, VA, So2)
- Starting and monitoring fermentations, as well as collecting and logging daily fermentation data
- Operating a forklift (stacking barrels, moving must from container to tank)
- Carrying out barrel operations (filling, topping, racking)
Requirements are as follows:
- A positive attitude
- Some post-secondary university education, degrees with a specialization Winemaking or equivalent considered an asset
- Hands-on vintage and cellar experience (i.e. 2+ vintages), with global vintage experience considered an asset
- A valid work permit for working in Canada, or valid SIN #
- Ability to work independently on a compact team
- Excellent communication skills
- An excellent work ethic, reliability and integrity
- A proven track record of achieving and maintaining high standards
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to multi-task
- Excellent forklift skills, and a valid forklift ticket is an asset
- Ability to safely lift up to 25 kg
- A current Canadian or International drivers license in good standing
Remuneration negotiated at the time of offer; based on experience.