Date: Mar 5, 2026
Company: Gallo
Job Req ID: 106892
Job Type: Full-time
Work Category: Onsite
Application Close Date: 03/07/2026
Sponsorship: Not Available
Compensation: $70,400 - $105,600
We are GALLO
We’re a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, that’s consistently recognized as a Glassdoor “Best Places to Work.” We have 130+ brands in our total alcohol beverage portfolio including wine, malt, spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages. We’re home to the #1 wine and spirits brands in the U.S. - Barefoot Wine & High Noon and are the official sponsors of the NFL, NHL, UFC, and PGA of America.
View our Corporate Values and Mission Statement here.
A Taste of What You’ll Do
You will support the full lifecycle of the winemaking process—from raw grape intake to final wine quality delivery. This role partners closely with production teams and winemaking leadership to ensure wine quality, work order accuracy, and continuous improvement. You’ll participate in tastings, operational audits, trials, and cross‑functional collaboration to help maintain product excellence. You will also contribute to key projects and operational initiatives supporting the broader winemaking organization.
• Supports wine processing operations, workflow coordination, and work order management.
• Conducts bench and operational trials, tastings, wine analysis reviews, and sample preparation.
• Participates in harvest activities, fermentation monitoring, and operational issue resolution.
What You’ll Need
- Bachelors in Science or Engineering plus 1 year of enology, winemaking, viticulture, or chemistry experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility
- Candidate is required to have a valid driver’s license, a safe driving record and reliable vehicle (if applicable) at the time of hire. This position will undergo a motor vehicle check (MVR) to confirm a history of safe and responsible driving. If needed, candidate must obtain the appropriate state driver’s license based on the position’s location within 30 days of hire.
- Required to lift and move up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
- Required to possess the color vision necessary to judge and evaluate wine color.
- Required to taste and evaluate wines.
- Required to be 21 years of age or older due to wine tasting.
- High School Diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate.
- Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
- Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
How You’ll Stand Out
- Bachelors in Viticulture or Enology plus 2 year of enology, winemaking, viticulture, or chemistry experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility
- Required to have at least 1 harvest or Winery internship experience
- Basic sensory exposure to the world of wine
- Data base knowledge and strong excel skills: such as SQL, Viz basic,
- Basic wine chemistry analysis execution
- Hands on cellar work
- Experience reading, analyzing and interpreting general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
- Experience writing reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
- Experience presenting information and responding to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Skilled in the use of MS Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint at an intermediate level.
- Skilled in working with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, fundamentals of plane and solid geometry, trigonometry and algebra.
- Skilled in applying concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
- Experience solving practical problems and dealing with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Experience interpreting a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
- Work under different climatic conditions.
- Experience following established procedures to performing tasks that are routine in nature, requiring some evaluation, originality or ingenuity.
- Understanding in the fundamentals of wine chemistry, wine microbiology and viticulture practices.
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Our Benefits & Perks
We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well-being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview.
The Fine Print
- The Company does not sponsor for employment-based visas for this position now or in the future.
- Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable.
- This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting and requires working on-site with no telecommuting option. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance.
- It is the Company’s policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days.
Gallo’s policy is to afford equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision making, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Nor will Gallo discriminate based on a perception that an individual has any of the foregoing characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.
Gallo will comply with state and local laws prohibiting discrimination for lawful out-of-work behavior, such as off-duty use of cannabis away from the workplace (subject to federal and state law exceptions), the existence of non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids as determined by a drug screening test (subject to federal and state law exceptions).
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gallo is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at 209.341.7000.
Gallo is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required.
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