Harvest Intern (Wine Jobs: Vineyards & Cellars )

Full Time

  Patton Valley Vineyard

  Gaston, Oregon

Harvest intern position

Patton Valley Vineyard is a small family owned winery in the Northwest corner of the Willamette Valley. Our 30 acre Estate Vineyard is planted exclusively to the grape varietal we love: Pinot noir. Great importance has been placed on stewardship of the land with both vineyard and winery being Oregon Certified Sustainable (LIVE). We craft Pinot noir using time honored techniques and tradition. Our bare bones winery is symbolic of the way we produce Pinot noir, our wines being pure expressions of the Patton Valley site. These are wines without modern winemaking tools or chemical manipulation. We believe in tasting the wines and following our gut. 

We know that hard work makes wine taste better. The perfect candidate will have an extreme sense of urgency and the ability to make good decisions. The hard work does pay off by giving interns the opportunity to share in every aspect of the winemaking process.

Each of 3 interns will share total responsibility. Candidates should possess a strong work ethic. The harvest here means cleaning, vineyard work, sampling, fruit receival, punch-downs, additions, pressing off, settling, racking, barreling and just before Thanksgiving, the bottling of our 2015 vintage. Working Harvest at Patton Valley does provide candidates with the unique opportunity to see most of the year’s activities in a relatively tight window. This job is extremely hands on. Your only limiting factor is yourself.

Candidates shall:

Work hard and fast. 

Know when they don’t know and be willing to ask the right questions

Possess strong communication skills

Work well in a team

Be able to lift 50 lbs.

Be motivated and able to work long hours many day in a row

Have a passion for wine

Have some harvest experience/cellar skills

Be independent

Enjoy eating burritos, and drinking beer

Education is great, experience is better.
This Job will start Early-Mid September and go through Mid-November. Exact dates depend on you. There is flexibility, and we will be willing to work with the right candidate. Housing is available and many meals during harvest are provided.

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