Tasting Room Associate (Wine Jobs: Wine Retail & Sommelier)

Full Time

  Matanzas Creek Winery

  Santa Rosa, California

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Tasting Room Associate is the face of Matanzas Creek Winery and Estate Gardens. Primary duties are to welcome guests and passionately introduce them to Matanzas Creek Winery and its wines educating and enticing them to join our Wine Club and purchase wine. Acting as wine country concierges, they impart the wine country lifestyle to guest while on property.  The Tasting Room Associate is part of the Direct to Consumer sales team and is responsible for and motivated by sale and club recruitment goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/DUTIES: 

  • Greets all visitors to the Tasting Room, pours wines for tasting, discusses wine and responds to customer questions as appropriate.
  • Ensures that every visitor enjoys their wine tasting experience and leaves with a very high impression of our wines.
  • Is passionate about wines, and continually strives to learn more about Matanzas Creek wines and the world of wine in general. Includes accurately describing wines, winemaking techniques, appellations, and anyunique aspects of wines.
  • Represent Matanzas Creek Winery at special tasting experiences both on and offsite, including those in evenings.
  • Effectively promotes and sells wine and Wine Club memberships to customers.
  • Handles routine purchasing transactions, including operating cash register, accounting of daily sales, and processing returns and discounts.
  • Takes the initiative for self-development in the areas of our wines, our brands, general hospitality, and for acquiring effective sales techniques and acumen.
  • Participates in company-sponsored wine educational and development opportunities.
  • Maintains knowledge of current and new legal issues pertaining to inter-state shipping of wine to consumers and how they impact day-to-day wine shipments.
  • Working with shipping department, facilitates shipping of wine to customers and meets all compliance and regulatory requirements of wine shipments.
  • Participates and assists with special hospitality events that occur at the winery.
  • Washes and polishes glassware for Tasting Room.
  • Assists with display and pricing of retail items and wines as needed.
  • Represents winery at outside functions as required.
  • Other duties as assigned.

 JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Essential Skills, Experience, and Education: 

  • Shows commitment to excellence and high standards in work product.
  • Possesses or can develop solid knowledge of wines and winemaking processes.
  • Consistently demonstrates outstanding customer service skills and poise and tact in working with the public.
  • Proven ability to effectively and appropriately communicate with diverse client group.
  • Possesses professional appearance and demeanor.
  • Is flexible, can manage constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm.
  • Fluent in English
  • Demonstrates ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, and percentages.
  • Strong computer proficiency and data entry experience, basic to intermediate knowledge of Word and Excel preferred.
  • Possesses one to two years prior related experience.
  • Has high school diploma or GED; two to four year college degree preferred.
  • Must be at least 21 years of age.
  • Must be able to work weekends and flexible schedules.

Physical Requirements:  

  • Ability to lift and move 50 pounds repeatedly.
  • Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time.
  • Ability to effectively stock wine, set-up and break down procedures, equipment, etc., and be able to utilize dolly cart and assist in moving heavy objects.
  • Ability to understand and accurately follow written and verbal instructions.

How To Apply

http://www.jfwcareers.com/jobs/tasting-room-associate-matanzas-creek-winery

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