Harvest Coordinator (Wine Jobs: Vineyards & Cellars )

Full Time

  Newton Napa Valley

  St. Helena, California

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, with guidance of the Assistant Winemaker, Grape Receiving and Juice Processing: scheduling and writing work orders to prepare the press pad for fruit arrival and juice to fermentation stages of harvest
• Document grape receiving, juice movements and additions
• Coordinate juice and wine shipping including bill of lading management
• Selection of tanks for juice settling, and racking of juice into selected tanks for primary fermentation with all necessary additions
• Participate in juice / wine tasting and decisions 
• Working with the winemaking team towards management of yeast and bacteria cultures, and must inoculation
• Monitor fermentation process 
• Coordinate winemaking trials
• Coordinate with laboratory and cellar regarding work orders and analysis
• Cellar and lab support as needed

Qualifications

Education:

• High school diploma or GED required.

• Bachelor degree in Food Science and / or Enology preferred or 4 to 6 years equivalent experience required

Languages:

• English required

Professional experience & know how: 
• Minimum 1 year winery cellar experience.
• Knowledge or ability to learn safe cellar practices, including safe handling of chemicals
• Knowledge of winery cellar operating procedures
• Ability to be trained in confined space entry process and procedures
• Computer skills including Word processing, Data base and spreadsheet.

Technical & management skills:
• Previous experience in sparkling wine operations preferred but not required 
• Knowledge of cellar operations and specific activities of cellar functions
• Skill in project management and/or logistics
• Skill in mathematics wine additions based on formulas
• Skill in lab analysis and reading lab results
• Ability to organize and detail work process

• Ability to use Microsoft products such as Word and Excel
• Ability to work flexible work shifts and schedules

Personal & interpersonal skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to work harmoniously with co-workers and with different departments to coordinate a result

How To Apply

https://careers-newtonvineyard.icims.com/jobs/1041/harvest-coordinator/job

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