Analysis Skills, Biology, Chemistry, Concrete, Detail Oriented, English Language, Forklift, Lift/Move 50 Pounds, Multilingual, Pumps, Safety Standards, Sanitation, Spanish Language, Team Player, Winemaking
Position Summary
Seghesio Family Vineyards is seeking seasonal interns to join our cellar staff for the 2026 harvest season. We produce luxury Zinfandel and Sangiovese from 125+ year old vines from top growing regions Alexander, Dry Creek, and Russian River Valleys. Join our team of passionate, seasoned, and dedicated makers of world-renowned Zinfandel and work with state-of-the-art winemaking techniques, vessels, and equipment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work to the expectations of winemakers to maintain the highest wine quality and adhere to safety standards and winemaking protocols at all times.
- Perform all aspects of cellar work, including but not limited to fruit processing, maceration techniques, tank digging, juice, must and wine transfers and additions.
- Operate a variety of pumps and other winery / cellar implements, including but not limited to cap management devices, forklifts, barrel filling equipment, de-stemmers, conveyers, sorting tables and presses.
- Cleaning and sanitation of stainless and concrete tanks, oak casks, barrels, and equipment including pumps, hoses, racking tools and fittings.
- Inoculate juice and wine for primary and secondary fermentations utilizing automated cellar equipment and by-hand methods.
- Monitor fermentations, maintain data logs, enter analysis into tracking software and report any out-of-spec values to Winemaking team.
- Analyze vineyard, crush and fermentation samples for grape maturity and juice and wine chemistry.
- Support grape sampling and other vineyard and cellar operations as assigned by Winemaking team.
Qualifications
- Previous cellar experience is preferred.
- Educational background in Enology, Viticulture, Chemistry, Biology, or related scientific field desired.
- Ability to work as part of the team and independently and be positive for yourself and those you work with.
- Team player with a keen eye for detail and a willingness to undertake the tasks needed for smooth operation in our vineyards and at our facility.
- Potentially act in a lead position during harvest, and otherwise provide direction/instruction/training to other cellar hands, seasonal workers, and temporary staff.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds.
- Ability to work long hours and various shifts.
- Bilingual in both English and Spanish is a plus.
- Ensure safety at all times including use of personal protective equipment.
Compensation
The projected hourly pay range for this position is $20 to $24 per hour. The range is the projected compensation for this position, however the actual compensation offered may vary based on job-related factors such as (but not limited to) candidate qualifications, related experience and education, candidate work location and market data. Crimson Wine Group - Seghesio Family Vineyards reserves the right to modify the pay range/rate at any time in the future.