Job Opportunity: Harvest/Cellar Assistant
Seeking qualified individuals to assist at the winery for upcoming harvest season. Join our small but dedicated team making award-winning wines.
Job duties include assisting in all aspects of wine production including:
- Sampling and analysis
- Fermentation management (punchdowns and pumpovers)
- Sorting fruit
- Lots and lots of cleaning
- Racking, filling, stirring, and topping barrels
- Tank and barrel additions
Qualifications
- Professional attitude and demeanor.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, climb ladders, bend, and push/pull equipment.
- Ability to work long hours while maintaining a positive attitude and staying on task.
- Winery experience helpful but not required. Site specific training will be provided.
- Reliable transportation.
During a normal season, workers will be employed from August through October and sometimes into November.
Compensation dependent on experience.
May 20, 2021 at 7:59 AM
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Job Opportunity: Seasonal Bartenders
Atwater Estate Vineyards is seeking a bartender for our outdoor wine bar. We have a covered bar area and large tent with the beautiful backdrop of Seneca Lake and our vineyard view. We are looking for energetic and outgoing candidates with knowledge and passion for wine as well as an eagerness to learn. This position requires staff members dedicated to providing superlative customer service to engage with and enlighten guests from around the world. Must be of legal drinking age.
Responsibilities and Requirements
- Greet and serve guests while exhibiting exemplary customer service
- Educate guests about the Atwater portfolio of wines
- Mix and serve cocktails
- Bus tables and clean glasses, plates, and bar utensils
- Accurately operate a cash register/point of sale system, make change correctly, process payments, and open/close drawer each shift
- Keep bar area clean, stocked, and well-organized
- Exhibit superlative communication skills
- Observe company, local, state, and federal regulations regarding workplace safety, liquor, and other relevant laws
- Ability to multitask and seamlessly switch tasks in a fast-paced retail environment
- Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
- Enthusiastically promote Atwater’s club memberships and events
- Attend staff meetings
- Ability to lift 40+ lbs and work in a standing position for extended periods of time
- Ability to frequently ascend/descend outdoor staircase and steep hill
- Staff special events as needed
- Additional duties as assigned
We offer a competitive wage plus consumer tips and incentives. If you are excited about this opportunity, we would be happy to review your resume. Please send it along with three references to info@atwatervineyards.com.
COVID precautions
We are committed to a safe environment for our staff. We conduct temperature screenings, provide face masks, and have social distancing and cleaning procedures in place.
May 10, 2021 at 2:48 PM
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Something New in the Vineyard
Depending on the grape variety and wine style, we either carefully hand-pick or machine harvest our grapes. In either case, harvest is extremely time sensitive and our quality depends on having control over as many aspects of production as possible. For those times when we machine harvest, having our own harvester allows us to make decisions more quickly and get our fruit in when the conditions are best. Modern machines are very gentle on the fruit and allow us to get it to the press deck while it is still cool in the morning to preserve flavors.
We recently purchased a state-of-the-art harvester. Wes is standing between the legs that go over the vines. Not only is this harvester gentle on the grapes, it comes with several attachments such as a hedger and leaf pulled that will be useful throughout the season, a wire lifter (for shoot positioning), and a prepruner. Typically, these implements are purchased individually, so we are excited to have integrated system.
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