Job Description:
Seeking a head winemaker for a beautiful North Georgia wine making facility. Position includes all aspects of wine-making from overseeing direction of 16.5 acres of estate grown vines, fermentation management, barrel management, bottling, and general cellar work.

Key Responsibilities:
Wine-making
•  Responsible for day to day wine-making of all wines produced.
•  Working with the Vineyard Manager to ensure projects are completed and fruit is of highest quality
•  Maintain a weekly work schedule for vineyard and winery team
•  Continue/develop wine-making procedures, capital projects, grape sourcing (if required), material purchasing as well as capacity planning.
•  Establish wine-making processes and procedures to accomplish wine quality and style objectives and ensure winemaking operations meet expectations.
•  Ensure compliance with TTB regulations related to all wine-making activities.
•  May determine quality standard and brand style objective for some varietals within a brand.
•  Create a plan for growth (on site vineyards vs off site fruit source) for the future
•  Create opportunities for direct-to-retail wholesale accounts

Image and Promotion
•  Actively participate in sales and marketing efforts necessary to promote and educate sales, distributors and the public about vineyards, wines and winemaking.
•  Be present for sales and marketing events for the winery

Purchasing and Finance
•  Assist with the research and preparation of capital projects.
•  Have an understanding of COGS.
•  Compute and submit monthly and/or quarterly wine taxes for County, State and Federal

Education & Information Resource
•  Act as a wine-making resource for the winery through educational tastings, cultural development
•  Track blend information to ensure appropriate record keeping for legal compliance with Federal and State regulations relating to all wine-making activities.
•  Work with our on-site chef to create wine dinners for our wine club members and their guests
•  Grow our wine club base and lead wine club specific events

Experience
•  A minimum of three years of experience in a lead wine-making role with proven wine-making results.
•  Enology & Viticulture degree preferred but not essential. Ability to make great wine, however, is essential.
•  Great opportunity for an energetic and eager winemaker willing to make a solid name for themselves in a young wine-making region which is growing at an exponential rate