Winemaking Technical Assistant

at  Accolade Wines

ABOUT US

At Accolade Wines, our purpose is to enrich everyday moments through our amazing wine brands. As one of the world’s leading wine companies, our award-winning portfolio includes loved brands such as Hardys, Grant Burge, St Hallett, Petaluma, Croser, Banrock Station, Mud House, Jam Shed, Tatachilla, Brookland Valley and many more.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The driving force behind our business is our people – we have over 1,000 staff across Australia, the UK, Europe, Asia, South Africa, New Zealand and the Americas, and every one of us is passionate about making the ordinary extraordinary through our amazing wines.
We are now recruiting for a Winemaking Technical Assistant to join our Berri Winemaking team. Reporting to our Lead Winemakers, you will be working as part of a tight-knit team, maintaining the Berri Winery packaging production notes in collaboration with the production planning and winemaking teams. In this role you will undertake technical operations to ensure wine standards are exceptional and met in line with regulatory requirements.
You will be based in our Berri Estate Winery in the Riverland, in this full-time and permanent role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Assist in the production planning of packaging operations to ensure efficient movement of product from the winery
• Manage the logistics of offsite wine storage at contract facilities through winemaking software (Vintrace)
• Contribute to review of winemaking processes and procedures
• Create tools to aid processing of wines and communication between winemaking teams
• Plan and prioritise work schedules in advance, in consultation with winemakers, to meet requirements
• Manage winemaking sample requests; ordering and preparation for tastings in conjunction with QA and winemaking
• Write additive and processing notes where required during the vintage period
• Technical research as required