About Foley Family Wines
Established by Bill Foley in 1996, Foley Family Wines (FFW) is a portfolio of highly acclaimed wines and spirits from some of the world’s greatest estates. The company owns more than 24 wineries and a distillery, each with its distinct style, legacy, and approach to hospitality. FFW has expanded its portfolio significantly since its founding, now including such storied brands as Chalk Hill Estate Winery, Sebastiani, Roth, Banshee, Ferrari-Carano, Chateau St. Jean, and Lancaster in Sonoma; Merus, Silverado, and Foley Johnson in Napa Valley; Lincourt, Firestone, and Foley Estates in Southern California; Chalone Vineyard in Monterey County; Four Graces and Acrobat in Oregon; and Three Rivers in Washington. In 2023, the company began operating Minden Mill Distilling in Nevada and relaunched Charles Goodnight Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey. FFW’s import portfolio includes Lucien Albrecht in France, Nieto Senetiner in Argentina, and 14 wine brands and Lighthouse Gin, spanning three of New Zealand’s most acclaimed winegrowing regions: Marlborough, Central Otago, and Martinborough.

Job Summary:
Chalk Hill Estate seeks a Full-Time Temporary Harvest Cellar Intern for the 2024 harvest season. This is a temporary position; the anticipated length of employment is August through November 2024.

This position is ideal for someone interested in pursuing a career in the winemaking industry. We are looking for people who are energetic, want to learn, enjoy the winemaking process and able to work in a fast-paced environment. The Harvest Cellar Intern is involved in all areas of wine production from harvest through bottling in accordance with Foley Family Wine’s winemaking and operational policies, to ensure maximum productivity, efficiency and the high quality of all wines produced.

In addition to the $500 sign-on bonus paid at the end of your internship, we also provide some meals!

Roles and Responsibilities:
Harvest Cellar Interns will assist the production team in the following areas:
•  Winery sanitation
•  Grape receiving, crushing and pressing
•  Fermentation management
•  Juice racking
•  Additions:
•  Barrel filling
•  Pumpovers

Physical Requirements:
•  Ability to climb stairs
•  Ability to stand and walk for long hours
•  Ability to lift and carry 50 pounds
•  Ability to work both inside and outside in varying, often cold or wet, weather conditions

Experience and Qualifications
•  Ability to read, write and speak English
•  Basic math skills
•  Ability to accurately follow and complete work instructions
•  Willingness to work long hours including weekends and swing shifts as needed
•  Previous cellar and forklift experience is a plus but not required
•  Candidates must be reliable and enthusiastic

Company Core Values:

Teamwork – Be Each Other’s Partners in Wine
Commitment – Crush Every Day Like It’s Harvest
Quality – Good vs. Grape: It’s All in The Details
Integrity – It Takes a Vineyard
Safety – Tend the Vines
Entrepreneurship – Love the Wine You’re With
Fun! - Smile! You Have Purple Teeth!

Foley Family Wines provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law.