Assistant Winemaker, Barossa Valley Estate bei Delegat Limited

The opportunity 

An exciting opportunity is available to join our winemaking team in the heart of the Barossa Valley. Reporting to the Winemaker and working closely with our cellar and laboratory teams, the role blends winemaking and hands-on practical winery operations with the opportunity to grow your breadth of wine industry experience.

What you’ll be doing

The Assistant Winemaker supports the Winemaker across all aspects of daily winery operations ensuring quality and efficiency through winemaking processes, including practical hands-on involvement in cellar work, wine trials and essential administrative and logistical tasks across all wine-related activities. 
This is a full-time, permanent role working Monday to Friday outside of vintage, with occasional weekend and after-hours work where required. During vintage, a commitment to shift work across a 7-day roster, including nights and weekends, is required.

Responsibilities will include:

• Assist in the management of winemaking processes from vintage operations through to finished wine
• Support planning and coordination of cellar operations. 
• Ensure winemaking systems are updated accurately and efficiently  
• Review and maintain high quality winemaking procedures and practices
• Engage in hands-on cellar and laboratory operations
• Contribute to innovation and continuous improvement in our approach to winemaking
• Grow your leadership experience and skills as a valued member of our winery team and foster a positive workplace

What you’ll bring

• You have a tertiary qualification in Oenology and are passionate about winemaking
• You have 2-5 years’ experience in a winery environment 
• Hands-on, practical experience is desirable
• You are committed to developing your job knowledge and expertise through continual professional development
• You are motivated to succeed and thrive working in a high-performance culture delivering high-quality outcomes
• You naturally have high attention to detail and are quick to learn systems and processes.

About us
Our goal is to establish Barossa Valley Estate as one of Australia’s leading premium winemakers. Barossa Valley Estate is an undercover winery, with excellent facilities located amongst the vineyards on our estate in the heart of the Barossa Valley. We produce super premium Barossa wines that showcase the very best of this iconic region.

We are part of Delegat Group, a leading global wine company who focus exclusively on making the world’s most sought-after Super Premium wines, with brands including Oyster Bay and Barossa Valley Estate. We are a highly-engaged and collaborative team with a workplace culture where our values of Winning Together, Mastery and Aiming High are at the heart of what we do. We believe it is our people that bring our plans to life, turn our goals into reality, and truly make the difference.

Please apply via the recruitment link or further enquiries to [email protected]