Harvest Intern 2025 | Full-Time- Temporary

Paso Robles, CA

Halter Ranch Estate

Set along the western-most boundaries of Paso Robles, California, surrounded by the wild, and wide-open Santa Lucia Mountain Range of the Central Coast, Halter Ranch is a 2,700-acre nature estate dedicated to land, art, and legendary terroir-driven wine. Envisioned by Swiss entrepreneur, philanthropist, and world-leading land conservationist, Hansjörg Wyss, the estate is an homage to his mother, Alice, and a haven for the natural world to flourish and deliver exceptional, timeless wines. 

Position

We are searching for a qualified individual to join our harvest team for 2025. You would work as part of a small crew that participates in all aspects of harvest operations as listed below. The position would run late August/early September through end of November (before Thanksgiving).

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The position itself is very versatile. Cellar duties include but are not limited to: cap management (pump-overs, punch-downs, delestage), crush pad duties (sorting, cleaning, etc.), inoculations, additions, brix and temp readings, drains, racks, tank digs, barrel work (steaming, barreling down, racking out of barrels, forklifting barrels), cleaning/sanitizing, bottling, vineyard sampling, etc.  There will also be ample training on real-time phenolic data (run in-house), inclusion in tastings, and exposure to a wide array of job duties within the winery.

Days/Hours

During active harvest expect to work six days a week; we always make sure you get one day off, and we usually do not crush on the weekends so those are usually lighter days.  During the week we try to keep the days to 12-hour days (normal overtime rules apply: 1.5 times pay after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week), and we have swing shifts a couple times a week where you may be asked to work from 9am-9pm or something similar, but not a full overnight shift. 

Want to join the Halter team?

To apply submit resume to: Attention Human Resources michelle@halterranch.com. This is a full-time position with a commitment to work the schedule as stated above. Hourly compensation $18-$20 DOE.

Halter Ranch is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or other protected categories. Halter Ranch will make reasonable accommodations under applicable law for qualified individuals to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would create an undue hardship for the Company.