2025 Harvest Cellar Intern - San Simeon Estates

Build your career at Riboli Family Wines! Riboli Family Wines is one of the fastest-growing wine manufacturers in the U.S. and has received the designation of American Winery of the Year from Wine Enthusiast Magazine. We are a family-owned business, four generations deep, with 100 years of producing high quality wines. Our company’s leading wine brands include Stella Rosa, San Antonio, San Simeon, Maddalena, and Highlands 41.

Summary- Riboli Family Winery is offering Part-Time and Full-Time seasonal internships for our 2025 harvest season at our San Simeon Estate, a micro-winery focused on small-batch, high-quality wines. As the flagship label of our family-owned winery, San Simeon wines are 100% estate-grown and produced at our CSWA certified sustainable facility in Paso Robles. Interns will support all aspects of the winemaking process—from grape receiving and fermentation to barrel work and lab sampling—alongside our dedicated, tight-knit team. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in premium, sustainable winemaking.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Current duties may be changed if the job requires and/or additional duties may be assigned if necessary.

• Support grape receiving and processing operations during harvest
• Perform thorough cleaning and sanitation of all cellar equipment and work areas to uphold winery hygiene standards
• Collect and prepare juice and wine samples for laboratory analysis
• Assist with essential cellar activities such as racking, barrel filling and maintenance, cap management, fermentation punch-downs, tank digging, additions, and inoculations
• Accurately complete and maintain work orders and production records
• Adhere to all safety guidelines and standard operating procedures
• Maintain open and effective communication with winemaking and cellar staff to ensure smooth workflow and consistency

Qualifications:

• Physical Requirements:
• Ability to stand for extended periods and lift up to 50 pounds
• Comfortable working long shifts on your feet in a physically demanding environment
• Capable of safely navigating stairs, ladders, and catwalks
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong sense of urgency and time management
• Positive attitude, strong work ethic, and ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment

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At Riboli Family Wines, we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and we are committed to an environment of mutual respect, diversity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristic protected by law.

The information provided in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents within this job. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and working conditions required of employees assigned to this job. Management has sole discretion to add or modify duties of the job and to designate other functions as essential at any time. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract.