Berserkers,
Now that my wife will be out of school and practicing by summer, I’m looking to explore some other career options. I’d like to find an internship of some sort this fall for a few months - my schedule will probably be pretty flexible. I’m looking for hands-on experience to help me decide if this is a career change I truly want to pursue. I’m aware of the Davis job board but I thought I’d ask here first. I’m sure plenty will see this but I’d also appreciate a heads-up about any other winemakers that might have interest.
I’m as interested in viticulture as enology, have a B.S. in Botany and graduate study in Plant Biology, have been a practicing molecular technician for four years so I’m pretty comfortable with lab stuff too. I’m not sure what to expect for interning but I’m hoping for room and board, anything more is icing. Oh, and I’ll bring my own wine.
Ted I sent your post to Wes. We have 1-2 interns a year. We have had interns from Davis, Australia, Ireland, Germany and last year Chablis. Be careful you might get bit by the wine bug. If that happens, make sure somebody keeps the day job.
How about the fall? Not too much going on in the summer. Some bottling, some racking, some cleaning of equipment for the fall, but that’s about it. A lot of winemakers go on vacation in July. If you can swing the fall, you’ll get some action.
If you are looking for jobs, in addition to the Davis jobs board, definitely go to winejobs.com and you can also check winerysite.com as well.
Not a whole lot of summer hiring overall since there is not a lot of wine work to be done, like Ian said. Maybe you could try and talk a winemaker into letting you shadow him or her a bit during the pre-harvest months to learn, but i doubt you would be able to get any payment or accommodations for that.
good luck Ted.
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