Harvest Cellar Assistant

Niner Wine Estates • Harvest/Temp • Paso Robles, California, United States • $19 - $22 / hour • 2d ago

Niner Wine Estates, a sustainable estate winery located in Paso Robles, is looking for 2 harvest employees for our 2025 harvest. Job 1: cellar and crush pad focus Job 2: hybrid role – cellar/crush pad + lab

Niner Wine Estates produces 100% estate grown Burgundy, Bordeaux and Rhone varietals from two vineyards in San Luis Obispo County – one in Paso Robles and the other in Edna Valley. This is an opportunity to work with two hands-on winemakers with a range of techniques and varietals in a LEED and SIP-certified, gravity-flow winery. Interns rotate through a variety of positions in order to gain an understanding of the entire winemaking process.

We provide lunch daily (sandwiches, salads, etc)

Sorry, we do not have on-site housing available

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Winery and equipment sanitization

• Crushing, sorting, pressing

• Cap management (pumpovers, punchdowns and delestages)

• Additions and inoculations

• Draining and pressing

• Barrel cleaning, filling and topping

• Equipment preparation and maintenance

• Racking and transfers

• Tank and barrel sampling

We are seeking candidates who are organized, quality-oriented, reliable, have the ability to follow detailed procedures, work independently as well as within a team, and communicate clearly and directly with supervisors. The team values people who are motivated, have a willingness to learn, have a passion for wine, and maintain a happy and healthy attitude.

Requirements:

• Work extended hours and weekends (40-60 hours/week, 8-10 hours/day)

• The ability to communicate with all levels of management in a verbal and written manner

• Must be able to lift 50lbs.

• The ability to do frequent physical labor, bending, and ascend/descend stairs with a load

• The ability to work in hot and cold environments (indoors and outdoors)

• The ability to work in enclosed spaces following confined space regulations

• The ability to work at heights including on catwalks and ladders

• Valid driver’s license

• Reliable transportation

• Securing employment through United Staffing Associates (in coordination with Niner Wine Estates)

• Completing a drug screening. Niner Wine Estates is a drug-free workplace