Antiquum Farm Winemaker at Antiquum Farm Antiquum Farm Willamette, OR
Antiquum Farm Antiquum Farm, West Linn, OR, United States
Job Description:
The Farm
Antiquum Farm represents a paradigmatic shift in intensive wine farming, sustainability, and the pursuit of true terroir. For the past 19 years Antiquum Farm wines have been grown in an entirely self‑sustaining system we have dubbed “Grazing Based Viticulture”. No fertilizers of any kind are used. Instead livestock (pigs, sheep, chickens, geese, and turkeys) graze the vineyards year round in an intensive rotational system. This system utilizes the gut fauna of livestock and cycles of root growth and die‑off to isolate, evolve, and stimulate our soil microbiome. The results have been truly extraordinary. Isolating and evolving the soils microbial populations has untethered our wines from historic, regional, and varietal expectations. The individualistic spirit of these wines bears the truth of the home we love and the ethics of the people who work here. Winemaking at Antiquum Farm must embrace these principals. We seek to make wines of uncompromising truth and quality. We shun the idea of winemaking “style” as we believe that this idea creates a gravitational pull away from the naked truth of place and people.
Production: Antiquum Farm produces approximately 3,000‑4,000 9‑liter cases between eight different wines annually. Antiquum Farm wines are currently distributed in 15 domestic and 4 international markets.
Position Title: Winemaker
Reports to: Grower/GM/NSD, Stephen Hagen
Required Experience: 2 years minimum in head winemaking position and/or several years experience in assistant/associate winemaker position.
Position Description:
Creatively contribute to the qualitative and conceptual growth of Antiquum Farm wines.
Set and implement direction for processing, bottling, packaging, and storage of all Antiquum Farm wines based on targets and goals.
Manage all production supply chain and movement of wines between wine production facilities and storage.
Responsible for all COLA/TTB filings related to wine production and labeling as well as setting up new vintage items in storage systems.
Maintain accurate and current winemaking records in appropriate company Google Drive.
Hire and schedule all outside contractors (i.e., bottling, filtration, and packaging) for winemaking needs.
Collaborate with ownership/national sales to meet product mix goals across all SKUs.
Collaborate with vineyard team to set harvest schedule based on fruit maturation and vineyard team and facility capabilities.
Monitor the condition of all wines to prevent spoilage and limit the impact of winemaking interventions.
Analyze cost and projections of production, packaging, and storage costs; report findings to and advise GM.
Build and maintain annual cost‑of‑goods reports for all SKUs in company Dropbox.
Build bottling cost projections for each vintage at least 3 months prior to bottling runs and store in appropriate company Google Drive.
Lead the recruiting, hiring, training, and management of all cellar staff; report hiring recommendations to GM for budget approval.
Collaborate with hospitality manager to provide wine education for hospitality staff and ownership.
Travel to selected markets to assist distribution in sales, conduct events, and distributor portfolio events (GM/NSD handles the bulk of this workload).
Schedule national sales travel so it does not interfere with winemaking duties and maintains work/life balance.
Assist in hosting distribution partners, writers, and critics at the farm.
Collaborate with hospitality team and ownership to build hospitality experiences for DTC initiatives.
Participate in direct‑to‑consumer open houses and dinners at the farm as needed.
Advise on the design of Antiquum Farm’s winery with long‑term quality and case‑load potential in mind.
Analyze cost of needed equipment, build a list for the facility, and supervise the set‑up of winemaking equipment.
Compensation: Salary DOE. Two weeks paid vacation after 9 months. Health care stipend for Health Savings Account. All fees for software needed for work.
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Antiquum Farm represents a paradigmatic shift in intensive wine farming, sustainability, and the pursuit of true terroir. For the past 19 years Antiquum Farm wines have been grown in an entirely self‑sustaining system we have dubbed “Grazing Based Viticulture”. No fertilizers of any kind are used. Instead livestock (pigs, sheep, chickens, geese, and turkeys) graze the vineyards year round in an intensive rotational system. This system utilizes the gut fauna of livestock and cycles of root growth and die‑off to isolate, evolve, and stimulate our soil microbiome. The results have been truly extraordinary. Isolating and evolving the soils microbial populations has untethered our wines from historic, regional, and varietal expectations. The individualistic spirit of these wines bears the truth of the home we love and the ethics of the people who work here. Winemaking at Antiquum Farm must embrace these principals. We seek to make wines of uncompromising truth and quality. We shun the idea of winemaking “style” as we believe that this idea creates a gravitational pull away from the naked truth of place and people.
Production: Antiquum Farm produces approximately 3,000‑4,000 9‑liter cases between eight different wines annually. Antiquum Farm wines are currently distributed in 15 domestic and 4 international markets.
Position Title: Winemaker
Reports to: Grower/GM/NSD, Stephen Hagen
Required Experience: 2 years minimum in head winemaking position and/or several years experience in assistant/associate winemaker position.
Position Description:
Creatively contribute to the qualitative and conceptual growth of Antiquum Farm wines.
Set and implement direction for processing, bottling, packaging, and storage of all Antiquum Farm wines based on targets and goals.
Manage all production supply chain and movement of wines between wine production facilities and storage.
Responsible for all COLA/TTB filings related to wine production and labeling as well as setting up new vintage items in storage systems.
Maintain accurate and current winemaking records in appropriate company Google Drive.
Hire and schedule all outside contractors (i.e., bottling, filtration, and packaging) for winemaking needs.
Collaborate with ownership/national sales to meet product mix goals across all SKUs.
Collaborate with vineyard team to set harvest schedule based on fruit maturation and vineyard team and facility capabilities.
Monitor the condition of all wines to prevent spoilage and limit the impact of winemaking interventions.
Analyze cost and projections of production, packaging, and storage costs; report findings to and advise GM.
Build and maintain annual cost‑of‑goods reports for all SKUs in company Dropbox.
Build bottling cost projections for each vintage at least 3 months prior to bottling runs and store in appropriate company Google Drive.
Lead the recruiting, hiring, training, and management of all cellar staff; report hiring recommendations to GM for budget approval.
Collaborate with hospitality manager to provide wine education for hospitality staff and ownership.
Travel to selected markets to assist distribution in sales, conduct events, and distributor portfolio events (GM/NSD handles the bulk of this workload).
Schedule national sales travel so it does not interfere with winemaking duties and maintains work/life balance.
Assist in hosting distribution partners, writers, and critics at the farm.
Collaborate with hospitality team and ownership to build hospitality experiences for DTC initiatives.
Participate in direct‑to‑consumer open houses and dinners at the farm as needed.
Advise on the design of Antiquum Farm’s winery with long‑term quality and case‑load potential in mind.
Analyze cost of needed equipment, build a list for the facility, and supervise the set‑up of winemaking equipment.
Compensation: Salary DOE. Two weeks paid vacation after 9 months. Health care stipend for Health Savings Account. All fees for software needed for work.
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