Assistant Winemaker (Wine Jobs: Wine Retail & Sommelier)

Full Time

  Winemaker / Assistant Winemaker

  Blenheim Central, Marlborough

Your Contribution

As an Assistant Winemaker, you will support the winemaking team in day-to-day operations, coordinate, monitor and deliver the weekly cellar work plan. You will work alongside the lab team to request testing of wine at all stages of the winemaking operation, interpret the results, and take action. You will be responsible for ensuring and maintaining the quality of winemaking procedures, preparing wine for dispatch, and liaising with customers.

This role offers the opportunity to participate in innovative winemaking projects, making it an exciting and rewarding position for those passionate about the art and science of winemaking.

About you:

  • At least 3 years winemaking and cellar work experience
  • Relevant tertiary winemaking qualification e.g Oenology
  • Great communication skills
  • Dedicated to grow professionally and acquire knowledge and new skills
  • Strong attention to detail and quickly adapts new systems and processes.
  • Proactive mindset towards opportunities to improve systems and processes to enhance efficiency.

About Us

Constellation Brands New Zealand and Australia (CBNZA) is an award-winning grower, producer and distributor of globally recognised wine brands including New Zealand’s own Kim Crawford, Selaks and Tipping Point. CBNZA is known for its innovation and collaboration and ‘putting people first’ philosophy. CBNZA features a highly skilled team of experts located both locally and around the world and is a division of Constellation Brands Inc which is headquartered in up-state New York in the USA. How about our Company Culture? It's straightforward.

We have a strong focus on:

  • Being Your Best
  • Being Yourself
  • Being United
  • Being Encouraging
  • Diversity

Constellation Brands is proud to be a member of Diversity Works New Zealand. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, valuing the diversity they bring.

Constellation Brands is a member of Diversity Works New Zealand. We are committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage participation of all applicants regardless of their background.

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