Winemaker (Wine Jobs: Vineyards & Cellars )

  Basel Cellars Estate Winery (http://www.baselcellars.com)

  Walla Walla, Washington

For this role half way between scientific and public relations specialist, our aspiring winemaker should have communication and interpersonal skills as good as any marketing professional; probably the interpersonal skills should be honed to the human resources management level. The winemaker also needs the ability to make accurate observations, analyze and solve problems associated with good scientists.  We are a small family winery with incredible fruit, outstanding staff & high expectations.  We are looking for someone who is self-driven and can assist with the sales process as well as growth of business.

• Coordination of tasks between vineyard and winery. Viticulturists manage planting programs and the cultivation and growing of grapes at the vineyard, the winemaker is in charge of the next step, and they follow a routine during the year.
• Perform the necessary laboratory tests to monitor the progress of grapes, check their quality and ensure it, and determine the right time for harvest.
• Supervise the crushing and destemming of grapes, the pressing, the settling and treating of grape juice, and the fermentation of must into wine. 
• Determine the length of the maceration process. Guide the filtering of wine to remove remaining solids. Test the resulting wine to check quality and composition. 
• Prepare bottling plans for each wine.
• Help maintain both winery and vineyard year round
• Set the filtered wine in casks for storage and maturation and prepare plans for bottling wine once it has matured, taking care there is no loss of quality during this process.
• Oversee the staff involved in the production of wine, including their training. Organizing seminars and in service learning as required.
• Agree with sales and marketing personnel the type, style and quality of the wines that to be produced so they will meet the demands of the market. Supervise local and export wine sales together with them.
• Give guided tours of the winery, conduct wine tasting sessions, explaining the various aspects of wine and wine making to visitors.
• Supplying the technical information for the winery records and helping to write wine descriptions and tasting notes for the winery catalogs. Supplying the information and helping to write features and other pieces about the wine making process. 
• Sell Wine

Negotiable

How To Apply

Please send resume and we will contact you to schedule interviews two weeks from initial post!

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