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🍇 Help with Winter Winery Tasks in Catania, Italy

The experience

We’re a small-scale winery in Catania, Sicily, looking for helping hands. Most tasks take place outdoors and include planting and pruning vines🍇, burning pruning wood, and general vineyard care. You’ll also help inside the winery with cleaning, labeling, boxing bottles🍾 , and racking wine, plus occasional collaborate in the olive grove, such as pruning. A great opportunity to experience winter life and learn hands-on about wine 🍷

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate French

Over 23 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Our volunteer program offers an immersive experience in a traditional, small-scale Sicilian winery during the quieter winter months. Volunteers join us in seasonal vineyard and winery activities, learning directly from daily routines and practical tasks.

We welcome people who enjoy outdoor activities, are curious about wine and agriculture, and are happy to be part of a small, collaborative environment. No previous winery experience is required — just motivation, reliability, and a willingness to learn.

In exchange for your help, you’ll experience rural Sicilian life, local traditions, and the slower rhythm of winter in the countryside.

Activities & Shift

We usually try to focus on the mornings, leaving the afternoons and evenings open for rest and free time.

Volunteers contribute around 25 hours per week, with 2 days off.

Daily schedules depend on weather and seasonal needs.

Rules

Follow safety guidelines, especially when using tools
Respect the rural environment, animals, and vineyard
Keep living and common areas clean and organized
Maintain open and respectful communication