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Eco Terreno Wines & Vineyards, founded in 2012, produces and sells wines made from biodynamically and organically grown grapes. Our vineyards are located in the beautiful Alexander Valley, on the banks of the pristine Russian River. In October 2022, Eco Terreno is opening a unique urban tasting room and restaurant in San Francisco. For more on our story, click here.

Our People 

As a company we echo the holistic habitat of our farm and thoughtfully embrace intention in everything we do. The caring hands that tend our fruit and the participants in our journey to share our wine with you, are valued as friends and family. By extending strong living wages and benefits to our team, which are far above industry standards, we are authentic in our purpose and our passion.

Eco Terreno’s employment philosophy stems from the belief that in creating a 100-year company requires career team members. Eco Terreno supports team members along this journey through a team member development program, which includes training, education, evaluation, and coaching.

Our Core Values 

Valuing team members at every level of Eco Terreno

Celebrating diversity

Focusing on environmental responsibility and sustainability

Providing world-class guest service

Giving back to the community

Respecting and rewarding hard work, initiative, creativity and a positive attitude

Our Commitment to Diversity and Social Responsibility

Celebrating diversity is a core value of Eco Terreno and we explicitly recognize strength in diversity. The true representation of Eco Terreno’s beliefs lies in the efforts and activities valued in daily practices. Eco Terreno celebrates team member diversity, searching for the best and brightest from all walks of life and engage them fully, co-creating a business representing common values and beliefs.

Our Commitment to Environmental Responsibility

To accomplish the aspirations and goals of the organization, partnerships with like-minded organizations become critical towards the end goal of advancing social and environmental responsibility in all areas of Eco Terreno’s organization.

Our Team Member Benefits

Eco Terreno offers a Platinum benefit plan for medical, dental and vision. Medical is offered through Blue Shield of California's full PPO network and offers special services such as wellness centers, Teledoc visits, access to facilities in Mexico, and member advocate services. Dental and Vision is offered through Employer Driven Insurance Services.

In addition, Eco Terreno offers at no cost to our team members short-term, long-term disability and Supplemental Life insurance at $100,000.00.

Eco Terreno offers competitive compensation, time away from work and health and wellness benefits.

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Wine Farm Intern

Position/title: Wine Farm Intern

Department: Eco Terreno Wines & Vineyards

Reports to: Vineyard Manager

Summary

Under the direction of the Vineyard Manager, and the Eco Terreno Farm team, this position will complete daily duties required for the garden, farm, and animal husbandry programs. The intern will be an integral part of the team in understanding what is occurring in the vineyard and on the farm in order to make decisions in real time. An ideal candidate will be immersed in all facets of working on a farm and be able to complete assigned farm projects. We are looking for a versatile intern to help connect all aspects of our diverse Wine Farm.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Vineyard and Animal Programs

  • Perform data collection, monitoring, analysis, and create grazing reports for our vineyard, garden, and riparian areas under the direction of the ETW Leadership team
  • Provide exceptional animal care to our flocks and livestock under the direction of the ETW Leadership team, including daily care

Garden Programs

  • Seed, harvest, process, deliver, weed, and record data from the garden
  • Implement weekly composting and worm program in garden
  • Aid in the preparation of the soil and fertility surrounding the garden through application of biodynamic sprays and our surrounding biodiversity and companion plantings adjacent to the garden

Farm Programs

  • Work with the rhythm of biodynamics and apply preparations to the property
  • Monitor our fruit and olive trees for pests
  • Aid in weekly monitoring and assess overall blue bird box program to understand the lifecycle of their presence on the Wine Farm.
  • Work with the ETW leadership team to plan, propagate, and plant perennials and hedgerows throughout the property to increase biodiversity.
  • Learn, plant, and harvest for biodynamic preparations to build capacity for our preparation program.
  • Complete other tasks as assigned in relation to the farm and vineyard (e.g., harvest).

Job Requirements

  • Education/Experience: Must be currently or recently enrolled (within the last 2 years) in a credential education program/ animal husbandry experience (preferred).
  • Language: Fluent in English with strong oral and communication skills. Basic Spanish (preferred).
  • Skills: Capability and desire to utilize relevant computer skills, including spreadsheets, word processing, and database programs.
  • Knowledge: working knowledge of basic animal husbandry, livestock nutrition, animal behavior, soils, and plant species (preferred).
  • Must possess a valid driver’s license and meet the company’s automobile insurance requirements.
  • Full time availability for position: Tuesday- Saturday
  • Other: must have valid documentation to meet US work requirements, no assistance with Visas will be provided.

Physical Demands

  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, climb stairs, talk, hear, taste and smell. Must possess vision, hearing, and sufficient digital manipulation skills to utilize a farming equipment. The employee is frequently required to climb and balance, stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee must be able to frequently lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
  • The employee must be able to constantly operate hand tools, all terrain utility vehicles, and heavy equipment as an essential function of the job.

Vineyard Intern

Position/title: Vineyard Intern

Department: Eco Terreno Wines & Vineyards

Reports to: Vineyard Manager

Summary

Under the direction of the Vineyard Manager, Winemaker, and other Eco Terreno Vineyards (ETV) leadership team, assist with duties required to maintain the company’s Organic and Biodynamic viticultural vineyard programs. Eco Terreno vineyards sit in the famous Alexander Valley, in Cloverdale CA. Key responsibilities will entail: helping to maintain good viticultural farming practices leading to the production of the highest quality grapes possible and assisting in the monitoring and collection of vineyard data. The intern will be an integral part of the team in understanding what is occurring in the vineyard in order to make decisions in real time.

VINEYARD ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Vineyard Programs
• Perform data collection, analysis and create reports for cluster sampling, water potential sampling, cluster weights, and Brix sampling
• Learn the rhythm of biodynamics and how the practices are applied yearly
• Monitor vineyard for pests, diseases, nutrition, cover crop health, and vine health
• Participate and evaluate the irrigation regime to meet vine water needs
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of pest control programs under direction of Vineyard Manager
• Conduct and report vine nutrition analysis status through periodic petiole samples
• Measure and report soil nutrition status through periodic soil samples
• Integrate and evaluate vine and soil nutrition data
• Submit samples for lab analysis and bring reports to Vineyard Manager and Owner as directed
• Input and monitor irrigation schedules to meet canopy growth and fruit quality expectations
• Participate in grape harvest
• Vineyard Manager may be assigned special projects as needed.
• Other duties as assigned

Field Viticulture Data Collection Program
• Ensure viticulture, yield component, phenological, weather, and fruit chemistry data are collected and reported in an accurate and timely manner
• Assist in the development and maintenance of Viticulture Plans, annual Vintage Summary Report and other viticultural reports

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• Education/Experience: Must be currently enrolled in a credential education program/ viticulture experience (preferred).
• Language: Fluent in English with strong oral and communication skills. Basic Spanish (preferred).
• Skills: Capability and desire to learn relevant vineyard computer skills, including spreadsheets, word processing, and database programs.
• Knowledge: Good knowledge of vine physiology, phenology, morphology, and water relations (preferred). Knowledge of soils, soil chemistry, plant nutrition, and pest management (preferred).
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and meet the company’s automobile insurance requirements.
• Full time availability for position (preferred).
• Other: must have valid documentation to meet US work requirements, no assistance with Visas will be provided.

OTHER PREFERRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
• Spanish language skills.
• The above information is representative of the work performed in this position; however, it is not all-inclusive. The omission of a specific duty or responsibility does not exclude it from the position if the work is similar or related to the essential duties and responsibilities.
• Technical machinery operations experience