Vintage Assistant Winemaker - Berri

Enrich Your Everyday

At Accolade Wines, our purpose is to enrich everyday moments. As one of the world’s leading wine companies, our award-winning portfolio includes beloved brands such as Hardys, Grant Burge, St Hallett, Mud House, Jam Shed and many more. We are one of the largest wine producers in the world – we’ve been around since 1836, and our portfolio has won nearly 9,000 international wine show awards in the last decade. 

Role Details

The driving force behind our business is our people – we have over 1,500 staff across Australia, the UK, Europe, Asia, South Africa, New Zealand and the Americas, and every one of us is passionate about making the ordinary extraordinary through our amazing wines.

The Berri Estates Winery is the largest grape processing winery in the Southern Hemisphere, crushing hundreds of thousands of tonnes each vintage. It is our team that make this possible, a team you can be part of for vintage 2024. Vintage is a fantastic opportunity for those new to the industry to experience and learn the skills for a potential career in the wine industry.

Your Key Accountabilities

• Assist the winemakers to ensure timely execution of bottling plan by liaising with Production, Quality and winemakers from other sites
• Assist the winemakers to ensure wines are made available for bottling on time and meet specifications for  preparation of wine for bottling
• Assist the winemakers to coordinate bulk wine transport operations of wine for bottling
• Assist winemakers in vintage, base blending, storage management and other winemaking activities
• Ensure the relevant analysis of juice / wine on site is performed as required to ensure compliance with AW wine specifications
• Assisting with tasting and blending decisions in conjunction with the winemaking team
• Liaise and coordinate with external contractors where required
• Where requested, provide timely accurate and clearly expressed reports on site operations
• Assist with other projects as directed by the Senior Winemaker
• Be aware of the requirements involved for the ongoing certification of all Risk Management systems, including HACCP, ISO9000, ISO1400, AS4801 and assist the Winemakers achieve requirements for ongoing certification
• Where required be involved in the assessment of wine prior to and post packaging including customer complaints, samples and QA

Your Knowledge and Skills

• Qualifications in Winemaking or related discipline is required
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Winemaking role

Essential Qualifications

Previous vintage experience in a large winery with a 24/7 operation.

Our Company Values

Accolade Wines will provide you with the ideal climate and a hand-picked rewards package for you to make a difference in our successful and growing business.

At Accolade Wines, our name is our motto, so here's to you... and here's to your future