The Asst. Cellar Lead works directly with Cellarmaster in executing all cellar operations at a small production, esteemed winery. This includes all harvest, cellar and winery operations that involve the wineries wine grapes and wine. Some, but not all the duties of this position are: wine movements, cellar additions, topping, fining, filtration, and all cleaning processes, along with all bottling/labeling/packaging and inventory
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Cellar Work
Assists Cellarmaster in the following winery operations according to winery’s SOPs.
• BBL down
• Wine transfers
• Racking
• Topping/additions
• Filtration
• Sanitation/Cleaning – Tanks, barrels, cave, harvest equipment
Operations
Assists Cellarmaster in tracking inventory monthly and annual bottling of wines
• Inventory of bulk and bottled wine
• Inventory of packaged goods
• Bottling/packaging
Harvest
Assists Cellarmaster in the following harvest duties including the following:
• Berry sampling
• Barrel downs
• Wine transfers
• Pump-overs/punch-downs
• Inoculations
• Fermentation checks, etc.
Vineyard
Working with Vineyard Manager assist in gathering data from various estate vineyards/block
• Pressure Balm
• Shoot Counts
• Cluster Counts
• Cluster weights
General Procedures
Assists Cellarmaster with all various general cellar duties:
• Maintains a clean, organized, and presentable winery
• Follows proper sanitation protocols
• Cleaning/sanitation of all tanks, barrels and winery equipment
• Thorough start of day/end of day checks of the winery
• Forklift operations
Qualifications:
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Wine and Viticulture or related degree preferred
• Minimum 3 years premium winemaking cellar experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work long hours during harvest.
• Able to work collaboratively with a team.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and strong work ethic.
• Skilled in hands-on cellar tasks and operations.
• Able to lift 1- 9 liter case of wine
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