Eola Hills Winery
Rickreall, OR
Reward code: VVWMEH
Hilton HHonors Points: 420,000

Once upon a time there was a thirteen year old boy from Oregon whomade clandestine wine in a five-gallon bucket with a neighbor woman.Word has it that this sparked a certain passion in winemaking for acertain winemaker-to-be. Now, VocationVacations® holidays would nevername names….but….fast-forward ten years….

A certain collegestudent became a winery intern. The intern became Cellar Master. TheCellar Master turned Assistant Wine Maker. The Assistant Wine Maker waspromoted to Wine Maker. Quite the path Eola Hills Winery’s Wine Maker, Steve Anderson, had in a relatively “short” period of time. Or had it really started many years earlier? Hmmmm.

Stevebelieves anyone can take a similar path in the world of wine makingwithout necessarily going back to school (or making it in a five-gallonbucket) if they have passion and are willing to soak up the workingknowledge along the way. Steve’s point about winemaking is that it’snot about just having a degree – it’s about understanding winemaking asboth art and science. And the root of it all is passion for grapes andwine! Steve says he may not get rich being a wine maker – but he’s richin life fulfillment by loving what he does each and every day.

EolaHills is an award-winning winery set right in the middle of thebeautiful Willamette Valley. The winery itself is in the small town ofRickreall, Oregon. The two Eola Hills vineyards total 107 acres and arewithin fifteen minutes of the winery. Working with Steve and his teamon their award-winning Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay as wellas other varietals will certainly conjure up the wine maker in you!

On your Eola Hills Vineyards Wine Maker VocationVacations® adventure, you’ll enjoy some or all of the following activities:

• Wine Appreciation and Education
• Harvesting (October) – Picking, crushing, pressing grapes and… clean up
• Preparing the wine for bottling (November – May) – Clarification,cold stabilizing, fermentation, racking, topping barrels, wine blendingand clean up
• Bottling and Labeling (April – September) – Setting up bottling, line, lab work, label layout, labeling, bottling and clean up
• In the field (April – September) – Leaf cluster thinning for winequality, grape pest monitoring, soil and leaf tissue sampling, andgeneral viticulture practice
  

The Eola Hills Winery Wine Maker VocationVacations® holiday includes:

• Two days of one-on-one mentorship in your dream job as a Wine Maker
• The ability to take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®), an online personality assessment designed to identify interests and skill sets
• The opportunity to participate in a total of one hour of pre- and post-VocationVacation career coaching from an accredited, affiliated VocationVacations career coach
• A pocket-size VocationVacations journal so you can document your dream job becoming a reality
• Light lunches with your mentor

Available: All year based on mentor's availability with exception of holidays

Suggested Accommodations:

Embassy Suites - Washington Square	Hilton Garden Inn - Corvallis

(Not included in the price of your VocationVacation)

Other activities and tourist information while on your VocationVacations adventure:

• McMinnville, Oregon
• Oregon

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Reservation, Cancellation and Rescheduling Rules and Conditions:
A $100 non-refundable fee is assessed if a VocationVacations experience is cancelled or rescheduled prior to 14-days of the scheduled VocationVacations holiday, based on the approved availability of the mentor to reschedule. A VocationVacation cannot be rescheduled and is non-refundable if cancelled within 14 days of the scheduled VocationVacations holiday. Written notification of cancellation or rescheduling is required in all cases. Grounded Nomads, LLC dba VocationVacations encourages all customers to acquire travel insurance to cover any unforeseen expenses due to cancellation or rescheduling.