Saronsberg Cellar, situated in Tulbagh, South Africa, are currently looking for harvest interns for the 2027 harvest.
Saronsberg cellar handles +-600 tons of premium grapes of which 70% are red varietals and 30% white. We handle most of the normal cultivars (17 varieties), although we are considered a Shiraz specialist and focus on the Rhone varieties. Our focus is to produce premium wines and do so consistently.
We normally start harvest around the last week of January and continue until mid to end March depending on the vintage. As you know the hours are long in a winery and Saronsberg is no exception with 12+ hour days in peak time. We require our interns to assist with all the normal wine making procedures, which involve a lot of cleaning and manual labour (including pump-overs and punch-downs) so you should be physically fit.
We provide a basic salary, accommodation, lunch and dinners.
Anyone who is interested in joining us, can please send their CV to lab@saronsberg.com
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of submitting your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Duties will include, but not limited to:
- Grape processing
- Sorting of grapes
- Offloading grapes at cellar
- Assisting with press operations
- Fermentation Monitoring
- Measuring oB
- Taking and recording fermentation samples
- Pumpovers & punchdowns
- Sanitation & Cleaning
- Cleaning and sanitizing pumps, hoses, tanks
- Maintaining a clean work environment
- Racking & Transfers
- Assisting with wine movements
- Operating pumps
- Additions
- Doing nutrient, enzyme and SO2 additions to wine and juice
- Following winemakers protocols accurately
- Barrel work
- Filling and emptying barrels
- Cleaning barrels
- Moving around of barrels
- Other
- Vineyard sampling where necessary
Other expectations:
- Be able to lift at least 20kg
- Be willing to work weekends and overtime
- Work well as a team
- Follow all safety protocols in the winery