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At Andrew Peller Limited (APL), we deliver the perfect brand experience for every lifestyle, occasion, and generation. Through collaboration, open communication, honesty, drive to win, and accountability, we inspire teammates to be extraordinary every day.
Who We Are
We are one of Canada’s largest and oldest wine companies with a rich heritage in quality winemaking.
We produce some of Canada’s most recognized brands and offer our teammates a challenging and rewarding employment experience.
We are hiring Vintage Cellar Hands for our Trius Estate Winery.
Trius Winery welcomes diverse, top quality harvest interns from around the world, each season. The selected harvest team will work at two different production facilities (Niagara on the Lake and Beamsville Bench sub appellation) which process approximately 2500 tonnes combined.
The opportunity…
2024 Vintage Cellar Hands will to be need to be available 6 days per week, for 8-12hrs/day (day or night shift). Hours will depending on work load of that day, each employee will be given at least one day off per week. Harvest is approximately 2 to 3 months in duration, beginning at the end of August and ending early to mid-November (actual dates to be confirmed). Processing starts in Late August to mid-September by harvesting our sparkling wine (300 tonnes of hand-picked grapes) which we use for our range of traditional method wines. We make a range of table wines including Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Gamay, Merlot, Cab Franc and Cab Sauv. Successful candidates will get the opportunity to work within various areas of the winery including the crush pad, cellars, and our extensive barrel cellar.
The offer…
An opportunity to learn about making premium, small-batch wines
An employee gift card loaded each month with $75 to use at our restaurants and retail stores
An opportunity to work with experienced winemakers
Training on various cellar equipment and technical aspects of harvest work
Access to our Employees Assistance Program
Access to our development seminars, and Learning Library (over 30,000 available courses available)
Work in a fun, engaging and supportive environment!
Does this sound like you…
Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload on a daily basis
Understand the basics of premium wine production & wine analyses
Strong Commitment to quality with attention to detail and ability to maintain organized workplace
Good problem-solving abilities and ability to be hands on and dependable
Communicate effectively and work safely with co-workers
Ability to lift in excess of 22 kg on a regular basis
The role…
Operating equipment on the crush pad and cellars to press grapes and clarify juice
Making material additions to juice/wine blends
Racking, transferring and blending wine/juice.
Punch Downs, Pump Overs, Barrel Work and Fermentation Monitoring
Cleaning and Sanitizing process equipment
We are conducting an internal and external search simultaneously. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest; only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please refer the Job description for details