Work Environment
Enologists work mostly indoors, with some outdoor activities in a vineyard. Enologists enjoy variety in their jobs as they constantly alternate between analyzing the grapes in the field, assessing the development of wines, studying current production techniques, planning marketing strategies for the upcoming harvest, and performing other duties. Physical labor such as lifting a 40-pound wine case or pruning a vineyard may be required.
During most of the year an enologist works 40 hours a week, but during the late summer and early fall when the grape harvest occurs, an enologist should expect to work long hours six or seven days a week for a four- to six-week period.
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