Build your career at Riboli Family Wines! Riboli Family Wines is one of the fastest-growing wine manufacturers in the U.S. and has received the designation of American Winery of the Year from Wine Enthusiast Magazine. We are a family-owned business, four generations deep, with 100+ years of producing high quality wines. Our company’s leading wine brands include Stella Rosa, San Antonio, San Simeon, Maddalena, and Highlands 41.

Riboli Family Wines is seeking a Senior Vineyard Technician to support our vineyards on the Central Coast. This is a permanent full-time position based out of Paso Robles. We are seeking a passionate individual who likes working in an interactive, positive and fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate is highly organized, able to work within ambiguity and be a self-starter.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Current duties may be changed if the job requires and/or additional duties may be assigned if necessary.

Assist in all aspects of farming and development.
Maintains compliance of the various government agencies in wine grape growing. EG, CCOF, CSWA, EHS, etc.
Record keeping: Federal, State, County and local Compliance as well as pesticide use records, irrigation tracking, phenology date tracking
Plan & supervise scheduling, procurement of material and implementation of canopy management, pest & disease control, pruning practices, harvesting, spraying, and irrigation as needed
Supervise maintenance & contractors on Riboli Estate property’s
Attend & support Trade/ Consumer tastings and events
Follows and ensures Riboli Family Wines safety practices & compliance
Work closely with the vineyard manager, crew leads, and wine making team to ensure fruit quality and production goals are achieved
Data collection: Conducts weekly phenological tracking and pest scouting, seasonal crop estimates, fruit sampling, tissue and soil sampling and maintains historic database & crop estimates for vineyard blocks.
Data entry: all field data records logged and tracked through a central database


Minimum Qualifications:

5 years’ experience working in commercial vineyard, or equivalent degree in Viticulture
5 years’ experience with compliance, and understanding the various players in Wine grape growing. EG, CCOF, CSWA, EHS, etc.
Good written and oral communication skills in English and Spanish required.
Must have experience and working knowledge with Microsoft Word, Excel, SharePoint, and Outlook
Experience in VinTrace a plus
Ability to perform physically demanding tasks outdoors in changing weather conditions
Demonstrates a positive, can-do attitude.
Comfortable working with a high degree of ambiguity.
Strong organizational and planning skills and a solution orientated mindset.
Genuine curiosity and strong desire to continuously learn and grow.
High-level of self-initiative, creativity, perseverance, and flexibility.
Ability to work long and irregular hours during peak periods, Weekends during the growing season
Must have a valid Driver’s license with clean driving record


At Riboli Family Wines, we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and we are committed to an environment of mutual respect, diversity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristic protected by law.

The information provided in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents within this job. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and working conditions required of employees assigned to this job. Management has sole discretion to add or modify duties of the job and to designate other functions as essential at any time. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract.