Vintage Cellar Hands
(Wine Jobs:
Vineyards & Cellars )
Part Time
Itasca Wines
Crondall, Hampshire,
England
Itasca Wines is looking for vintage cellar hands to join its winemaking team. With a brand new 600T state of the art winery and fully equipped lab the role will involve working directly with the Winemaker, Assistant Winemaker, Laboratory Manager and external clients to deliver outstanding results in a rapidly growing company.
The role
- Fruit reception and processing
- Barrel work
- Cleaning and Sanitization
- Racking, inoculating and making additions
About you
- Excellent attention to detail
- Team player with a sense of humor and willingness to work long hours to high standards
- Counter balance forklift experience and license
- Range of cellar skills from running presses and pumps to enrichment, inoculations and additions
- Experience with Vin Trace software
- International and domestic harvest experience (2 vintages min)
- Ability to lift up to 25Kg
- Legal right to work in the UK
About Us
Itasca wines has a brand new winemaking facility on the Hampshire/Surrey border making wines under the Penn Croft brand and offering contract winemaking, lab and disgorging services. On our own site we practice Conservation Agriculture, one of only a handful of vineyards in Europe to work to these principles. We also believe we have built one of the most sustainable wineries in the world, with solar power and a full waste water wetlands all on site. You will be involved in the production of a range of wines including still and sparkling from vineyards stretching from Essex to Cornwall.
The Vintage Cellar Hand position will start in mid/late September through to early November. We can promise competitive pay, hard work and some good wine.
