Assistant Winemaker (Wine Jobs: Vineyards & Cellars )

  Titus Vineyards

  Saint Helena, California

Titus Vineyards is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Assistant Winemaker to join our winemaking team. Titus Vineyards has been making wine from our family estates in St Helena since 1990 and opened a state of the art winery building in 2015. We are looking for a team player who will maintain a positive attitude to contribute to the crafting of distinct wines from our estate vineyards.
Job Responsibilities:

Cellar Duties:

- Work directly with the Winemaker to manage and execute all aspects of vinification and production from grape to bottle
- Help develop and implement cellar standards and protocols
- Responsible for training, supervising and leading all cellar interns and temporary workers, providing ongoing instruction and support as necessary
- Supervise grape receival and operation of the crush pad/cellar
- Be the cellar lead during harvest
- Carry out general cellar operations during non-harvest time. Including: topping, stirring, racking and filling barrels, filtration, bottling prep and basic winery sanitation
- Forklift Operation
- Other duties as needed

Lab Duties:

- Run basic wine chemistry (FSO2, VA, pH, TA, Brix and bottling analysis)
- Monitor Malolactic Fermentation using Paper Chromatography
- Set up bench trials as needed
- Prepare blending trial for tastings
- Participate in all winemaking tastings

Building Maintenance:

- Carry out weekly/monthly basic maintenance of the winery systems
- Operate the Lyve System to keep up basic function and calibration of the system. 
- General up keep of the building’s appearance and cleanliness

Qualifications: 

- Three years of winery experience necessary
- B.S. in Enology or Viticulture or related field is preferred
- Ability to stand/walk for long periods of time
- Ability to bend, squat and lift 40 lbs.
- Forklift experience desired
- Reliable transportation and clean DMV