Elk Cove Vineyards
2025 Harvest Cellarhand and Forklift Driver
Elk Cove Vineyards - Gaston, Oregon, United States
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We are currently looking for enthusiastic people from all backgrounds and identities to join our 2025 Harvest Cellar Crew.
We have one general cellar hand role and one White Press Supervisor role to fullfill.
Positions last for 6 -12 weeks depending on the season. Start dates vary with cellar experience. Those new to the cellar will start the last week of August (one to two days, one-on-one with a production member to learn all things related to pumps, hoses and cleaning). Those with prior experience start the first week of September.
Required skills and experience:ALL Attention to detail Positive attitude and motivation Thrive in a fast paced, quality-focused environment Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English. Enjoy being a part of a team and creating a product from raw materials 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 Eagerness to work with Pinot Noir - you will be babysitting a lot of Pinot Noir in small batches all the way to barrel.
Additional skills a plus: Awesome work playlist for sharing Sense of adventure Forklift experience - required for the White Press Supervisor Previous harvest season 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 (20 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), Molly (4 years, harvest intern, tasting room associate now Production Logistic Coordinator, organizer of all things for bottling, keeping us on track), 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) and Nick (less than a year, cellar hand, sharp learning and runner of the PM shift).
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.
Job category: Cellar/Lab/Bottling/Warehouse
We have one general cellar hand role and one White Press Supervisor role to fullfill.
Positions last for 6 -12 weeks depending on the season. Start dates vary with cellar experience. Those new to the cellar will start the last week of August (one to two days, one-on-one with a production member to learn all things related to pumps, hoses and cleaning). Those with prior experience start the first week of September.
Required skills and experience:ALL Attention to detail Positive attitude and motivation Thrive in a fast paced, quality-focused environment Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English. Enjoy being a part of a team and creating a product from raw materials 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 Eagerness to work with Pinot Noir - you will be babysitting a lot of Pinot Noir in small batches all the way to barrel.
Additional skills a plus: Awesome work playlist for sharing Sense of adventure Forklift experience - required for the White Press Supervisor Previous harvest season 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 (20 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), Molly (4 years, harvest intern, tasting room associate now Production Logistic Coordinator, organizer of all things for bottling, keeping us on track), 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) and Nick (less than a year, cellar hand, sharp learning and runner of the PM shift).
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.
Job category: Cellar/Lab/Bottling/Warehouse