Harvest Position (cellar/lab)
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Contract
Van Duzer Vineyards
Dallas,
Oregon
Van Duzer Vineyard Harvest Intern Position
About Van Duzer Vineyards
Van Duzer Vineyards, located in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, is a grower and producer of Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. Our State of the Art winery has the capacity to process 300-350 tons of Pinot Noir. We focus on small lot fermentations and respect traditional methods while incorporating new techniques to achieve our goals of making distinctive, high quality Pinot Noir.
We are conveniently located; 1 hours south of Portland Oregon, 20 minutes away from Salem Oregon.
Job Description/ Requirements
Van Duzer Vineyards seeks to provide harvest interns with a “hands on” learning experience. This experience will be obtained by working on the winemaking team, vineyard contract laborers and other seasonal employees.
Interns will be expected to participate fully and willingly in all aspects of Harvest Operations including but not limited to:
• Cleaning and performing routine maintenance on winery facility and equipment in preparation for harvest.
• Collection, processing and analysis of fruit samples from vineyard.
• Cataloging and weighing of all fruit at winery reception.
• Processing of both red and white wine grapes after reception.
• Movements, ie racking, of must and wines as needed.
• Weighing, mixing and recording of additions to adjust conditions of juice, wine or must.
• Prepare and add yeast to juice and must.
• Collect and analyze fermentation samples.
• Participate in both monitoring and management of fermentation.
• Clean, catalog and fill barrels.
• Cleaning and performing of routine maintenance of facility and equipment after harvest.
The position usually starts mid-September to early November. Harvest at Van Duzer is a physically and mentally demanding process. Candidates must be able to:
• Have common sense
• Speak English
• Stand for long periods of time
• A good sense of humor
• Lift 50 pounds
• Tolerate varying climactic conditions
• Work days that may exceed 12 hours
• Be punctual
• Pay attention to details
• Document work with great accuracy
• Work with metric system
• Speak Spanish a plus
• Operate a Forklift a plus
• Flexible and willing to work varying shifts, overtime, extended hours and weekends
• Mostly importantly have a true desire to make outstanding wine.
Lodging option is available for out of state candidates.
The position will run from mid-September through end of October-November (start and end TBD).
NO phone calls please.
How To Apply
Attach (Word or PDF) and send your resume to Florent Merlier:
[email protected]