Ideal for those wishing to pursue and further develop their winemaking career, this role offers broad exposure and training to vintage and winery operations in a agile environment. You'll be working under the guidance of senior winemaking staff, gaining valuable hands-on skills across all aspects of winery operations from grape receival through to tasting and preparing wines for bottling.

Key responsibilities

Grape receival: fruit intake, sampling, weighing, analysis

Grape crushing and pressing operations

Fermentation: inoculations/yeast preparation, temperature checks, Baume testing, data entry

Cellar work: pump-overs, plunging, racking, transfers, juice/wine movements, additions (as directed)

Barrel work: filling, topping, washing, analysis checks

High standard of equipment hygiene: tanks, pumps, presses, hoses, fittings, floors

General duties: forklift, housekeeping, waste management, record keeping, safety checks

Competent laboratory techniques and perform laboratory analysis





Computer programmed winemaking record keeping and data entry skills

About you

Enthusiastic, reliable, safety-minded and a team player

Strong work ethic with ability to perform manual tasks

Comfortable working long shifts and weekends during the vintage harvest period

Excellent attention to detail and communication skills

Completed tertiary winemaking qualifications or currently studying a tertiary winemaking qualification is preferred

Previous and advanced levels of on the job winery vintage and cellar experience are required

Forklift licence required (or willingness to obtain) + current driver licence required

RSA or willingness to obtain (for occasional events)

Must have Australian work rights

About us Petersons Wines, in partnership with Hunter Valley Wine Contractors, is a respected and long-established Hunter Valley wine producer.

📌 Assistant Winemaker (Cessnock)
🏢 Petersons Wines
📍 Cessnock