Kiona Vineyards is searching for a 2025 Harvest Cellar Hand. Ideal candidates will possess 1-2 years of relevant work experience and special consideration will be given to those with multiple vintages of experience and/or a relevant higher education degree in Wine Science, Biology, or Agriculture.

This position will begin on 9/2/2025 and commence on or around 11/7/2025.

As we are a big “small” winery, our production staff is responsible for completing many various tasks throughout the season, including but not limited to:

-Taking Brix and Temp measurements
-Performing Pumpovovers and/or Punchdowns on ferments ranging from 1.5 to 15 tons
-Vineyard Sampling to assess grape maturity
-Performing Rackings (barrels / tanks)
-Cleaning and preparing barrels and tanks for filling
-General and persistent cleaning (tanks, hoses, pumps, equipment, etc.)
-Working on the Crush Pad with our production team to process white and red grapes
-Performing Battonage on barrels
-Performing juice / wine additions
-Performing Laboratory analysis
-Topping barrels
-Filtering wine
-Bottling wine, if we are doing so in early September or early November
-Essentially all duties inter-related to processing and making wine

We generally schedule 6 working days per week during harvest with one day off per week (sometimes more time off will be offered).

The ability to work long hours and be on your feet for the working day is required. This is a physical job which requires applicants to use ladders and be able to safely move 50 lbs of weight in many different iterations. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or considerations.

About Kiona Vineyards:

In 1975, Kiona Vineyards planted the first vines on a desolate swath of desert in southeast Washington which would later become Red Mountain, a 4,040 - acre AVA known for producing opulent, powerful wines which reflect the intense growing climate. With 20 planted cultivars, Kiona operates 5 estate vineyards on Red Mountain spanning some 280 acres. Though we specialize in producing Cabernet Sauvignon, to which about 60% of our vineyards are planted, we produce a diverse portfolio of both Columbia Valley and Red Mountain - designated wines ranging from $15 to $110 per bottle.