We have an immediate opening for an enthusiastic, solution focused, wine harvest experienced person to join our production team, as a harvest lead.

We encourage all backgrounds and identities to apply.

Harvest Responsibilities:

At harvest your day will start late morning, jumping in on all harvest duties related to making awesome wine – loading presses, cap management, racking, yeast specialist, to name but a few of the tasks.

Later in the day, when the winemaker leaves the building for the night, you will supervisor the harvest interns, alongside the full-time employees and close the place down.

What does this mean? You are the timekeeper, cheerleader, checker of lists, task manager, ensuring all team members complete their jobs for the day and the ferments are put to bed for the night.

Pre- and Post Harvest Responsibilities:

Support the bottling line and prepare the 2024 Pinot Noirs for bottling. Prepare the facility for harvest and assist with the training of the interns.
Post harvest, assist with prepping whites for bottling.

The position has an immediate start and is projected to last till December 30th 2025.

Required skills and experience:
•  Worked at a 400+ ton winery during harvest in the cellar
•  Held a leadership role in production space
•  Positive attitude and motivational skills
•  Attention to detail
•  Time management skills
•  Thrive in a fast paced, quality-focused environment
•  Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
•  Basic harvest skills including but not limited to: pump overs, punch downs, press loading and cleaning, racking, additions, inoculations, tank cleaning, drain cleaning and power washing
•  Love of Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
•  Forklift experience in a winery

Additional skills a plus:
•  Awesome music playlist
•  Sense of adventure
•  Can speak Spanish
•  Worked with Innovint

Did I mention we offer great perks? Lunch/dinner/amazing wine/huge learning abilities/challenge and adventure! Harvest Crew members also get employee pricing on wine.

About Elk Cove:

Elk Cove Vineyards is surrounded by wilderness and named for our local herd of Roosevelt Elk. We aim to be a sustainable business by honoring the importance of people, planet and profit. Now in the second generation of ownership with Adam Campbell at the helm, Elk Cove has grown into one of the largest wineries in Oregon. We also have a sister winery Pike Road that focuses on affordable wines and collaboration with small farms. Our business culture encourages independent work with a big focus on creative solutions to problems. Elk Cove team members have found opportunities to grow within our company in the vineyard, production, sales and winery operations, with an average tenure of 9 years.

Meet our full-time production team of five: Adam (30 years – owner and winemaker), Heather (19 years – international harvest worker now associate winemaker Elk Cove Vineyards/ Head Winemaker Pike Road Wines)– harvest crew organizer, logistics, lab, blending trials, all trials, color coding, game organizer), John (11 years – harvest worker now cellar lead, cellar expert, press pad guru, crossflow king, vault of knowledge, go to fix it man) and Evelyn (3 year, cellar hand now Bottling and Cellar Supervisor, sorting table queen and sharp mover and shaker at the bottling line, with all things in between covered).

We are excited to share our knowledge and skills to make this harvest one of your best.

Here at Elk Cove Vineyards, we are committed to building an inclusive, supportive workplace where you can do the best and most rewarding work of your career.

Please send all resumes with references to jobs@elkcove.com