2025 Harvest Cellarhand Position Available In Gaston, North Carolina

Job Description:

We are currently looking for enthusiastic people from allbackgrounds and identities to join our 2025 Harvest Cellar Crew. Wehave two general cellar hand roles to fullfill.

Positions last for 6-12 weeks depending on the season. Start dates vary with cellarexperience. Those new to the cellar will start the last week ofAugust (one to two days, one-on-one with a production member tolearn all things related to pumps, hoses and cleaning). Those withprior experience start the first week of September.

Required skillsand experience:

ALL Attention to detail Positive attitude andmotivation Thrive in a fast paced, quality-focused environmentAbility to read, write, speak, and understand English. Enjoy beinga part of a team and creating a product from raw materials Basicharvest skills including but not limited to: pump overs, punchdowns, press loading and cleaning, racking, additions,inoculations, tank cleaning, drain cleaning and power washingEagerness to work with Pinot Noir

• you will be babysitting a lotof Pinot Noir in small batches all the way to barrel.

Additionalskills a plus: Awesome work playlist for sharing Sense of adventureForklift experience

• required for the White Press SupervisorPrevious harvest season Worked with InnovintDid I mention we offergreat perks?

Lunch/dinner/amazing wine/huge learningabilities/challenge and adventure! Harvest Crew members also getemployee pricing on wine.

About Elk Cove:

Elk Cove Vineyards issurrounded by wilderness and named for our local herd of RooseveltElk. We aim to be a sustainable business by honoring the importanceof people, planet and profit. Now in the second generation ofownership with Adam Campbell at the helm, Elk Cove has grown intoone of the largest wineries in Oregon. We also have a sister wineryPike Road that focuses on affordable wines and collaboration withsmall farms. Our business culture encourages independent work witha big focus on creative solutions to problems. Elk Cove teammembers have found opportunities to grow within our company in thevineyard, production, sales and winery operations, with an averagetenure of 9 years.

Meet our full-time production team of five: Adam(30 years

• owner and winemaker), Heather (20 years
• internationalharvest worker now associate winemaker Elk Cove Vineyards/ HeadWinemaker Pike Road Wines
• harvest crew organizer, logistics, lab,blending trials, all trials, color coding, game organizer), John(11 years
• harvest worker now cellar lead, cellar expert, presspad guru, crossflow king, vault of knowledge, go to fix it man),Molly (4 years, harvest intern, tasting room associate nowProduction Logistic Coordinator, organizer of all things forbottling, keeping us on track), Evelyn (3 year, cellar hand nowBottling and Cellar Supervisor, sorting table queen and sharp moverand shaker at the bottling line, with all things in betweencovered) and Nick (less than a year, cellar hand, sharp learningand runner of the PM shift).

We are excited to share our knowledgeand skills to make this harvest one of your best.

Here at Elk CoveVineyards, we are committed to building an inclusive, supportiveworkplace where you can do the best and most rewarding work of yourcareer.

Job category: Cellar/Lab/Bottling/Warehouse