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Grape harvest
Every late summer and early autumn, vineyards recruit pickers and porters for a few weeks.
How to get started
- Find the wine regions near you and their usual harvest dates.
- Apply from the summer to wine estates, agencies and France Travail.
- Ask whether accommodation or meals are provided.
- Bring clothes you do not mind spoiling and good shoes.
Skills needed
- Good physical condition
Tools and equipment needed
- Nothing in particular
Offers near you
Latest offers related to this idea. Choose your municipality to see the nearest ones.
Stage - Assistant Chargé d'affaires filière Viticulture
Groupe BPCE
Les Arcs (83460)
Posted 9 Oct 2026
Reference: CECAZ02889
Source: Groupe BPCE · Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) · Updated 30 Oct 2026
See all offers Choose or change municipality
Sources: Groupe BPCE (Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab)). Belgium: job offers in Wallonia (Le Forem). France: flea markets, car boot sales, second-hand fairs and markets everywhere (DATAtourisme); job offers only in Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées (France Travail), in Île-de-France (offers from the Region), in Tours (City and Metropole), plus Groupe BPCE offers across France. Brussels, Flanders and the rest of France will come later.
Good tips
- Estates that house their pickers often recruit earlier.
Watch out for
- It is physical work, outdoors, in all weathers.
Rules to know
France
There is a special contract, the contrat vendanges: one month at most per contract, and two months in total over twelve months. It can be combined with another job or with paid leave.
Simplified summary: check the official websites before you start.
How much it pays
Indicative amount, varies with region, experience and demand. Before tax and social contributions.
France
Estimate From €12.31 gross per hour
Minimum wage for a grape picker: the Smic. Example based on a 35-hour week.
Indicative example: about €430 gross for a 35 h week.
Source: Service-Public.fr: French minimum wage (Smic) from 1 June 2026 · Checked on 24 Oct 2026
Where to find opportunities and information
- Le Forem (via ODWB) (Belgium: Wallonia)
Job offers in Wallonia: student jobs, flexi-jobs, one-day assignments and part-time offers are shown in “Near me”, updated every 6 hours. - France Travail (open data des départements) (France: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie)
France Travail offers from the last 7 days republished by Pyrénées-Atlantiques (data.le64.fr) and Hautes-Pyrénées (opendata.ha-py.fr, including the Adour Madiran community of communes). Only small jobs (part-time, temporary agency work, seasonal work, fixed-term contracts of 6 months or less, work-study) are shown in “Near me”, updated every 6 hours. The Seine-Saint-Denis dataset has not been updated since August 2026: it is skipped automatically. - France Travail (France)
Job offers in France. - service-public.fr (France)
Official French administration website.