You Can Spend September In Germany Learning To Make Wine For Free

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If you quit your job today, you can go learn how to make wine in a medieval German village.

Don’t mind a little bit of light gardening? Great, because if you’re willing to spend about 5 hours of your weekdays picking grapes, you’ve got yourself a home-away-from-home in Germany.

A charming farm in Bacharach, Germany is seeking some wannabe winemakers to assist for the harvest season, according to this Workaway call for volunteers.

For those unfamiliar with the wanderlusty power of Workaway, it’s basically work study for world explorers. Workaway is a website where intrepid travelers arrange home stays in exchange for about 5 hours of work, 5 days a week. Workawayers might earn their keep caring for kids, teaching English or doing some heavy lifting on a farm or construction site.

Here’s the deal for this posting: In return for helping in the family farm vineyard during September and October, volunteers get lodging in an apartment above the wine cellar. Even better, you also get a step-by-step introduction to the wine-making process. Stay a week, or a month; it’s completely up to you.

Considering how much people pay to get their hands (or toes) dirty in five-star wine harvest packages, we’re calling this the bargain of the season.

So what are you waiting for, oenophiles? Get picking!

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