Tasting Room Host and Salesperson
(Wine Jobs:
Wine Retail & Sommelier)
Full Time
Merry Edwards Winery/Meredith Vineyard Estate Inc.
Sebastopol,
California
Job Description:
Merry Edwards Winery in Sebastopol seeks the perfect candidate to complete our thriving Tasting Room. The applicant for this position must love hospitality with a contagious enthusiasm for wine, and enjoy providing a high-quality, educational tasting experience.
The company culture is family-based with an emphasis on personal productivity, efficiency, flexibility and positive team interaction. Our Tasting Room is both intimate and fast-paced, and requires a calm but energetic personality with excellent sales and customer service skills.
Our Tasting Room team promotes a sense of synergy and support with an adept focus on selling our ultra-premium wine through a unique guest experience.
Job Requirements:
• Minimum AA degree
• Previous tasting room experience preferred
• Must be 21 years of age
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds
• Tasting presentations require long periods of time standing and speaking to customers
• Fine wine sales experience with a proven ability in closing and up-selling
• Polished customer service skills and sound judgement
• Extraordinary attention to detail
• Team player with a professional attitude and positive disposition
• Wine knowledge with strong interest in continuous wine education
• Ability to learn our proprietary computer system and our complex, countrywide shipping system in order to respond to visitors’ diverse shipping needs
• Schedule could vary but will include at least one weekend day and some holidays
Position Summary:
• Provide guests with memorable wine and customer service experience that translates into wine sales
• Lead tastings by interweaving wine, viticulture, and AVA knowledge with the compelling story of Merry and Merry Edwards Winery
• Operate POS system, create shipping invoices, confidently handle all customer shipping questions
• Daily inventory counting, reconciliation and restocking
• Administrative duties related to shipping, mailing list, data entry and appointment scheduling
• Maintain an organized and clean work environment
How To Apply
No walk-ins or phone calls please. Applicant should live within a 40 minute commute of winery.