Copia Vineyards is a family-owned, boutique winery seeking an energetic and experienced Part-Time Hospitality Associate. If you are a natural conversationalist, passionate about hospitality and enjoy creating meaningful relationships with guests, then this job is for you!

Our Winery:

Copia is located in beautiful Paso Robles wine country, producing about 3,000 cases and focused on making premium wines that reflect the place in which they are grown. At Copia, we have a love of fine wine and hospitality in equal measure. We focus on immersive, inspired, and genuinely warm experiences to create long-lasting relationships with our guests and members.

The ideal candidate will have a hospitality heart and an outgoing, engaging, and friendly personality. This individual carries themselves with confidence, is forward-thinking, positive and passionate about the world of wine. This candidate is motivated to provide guests with unforgettable experiences and value. Ideally, this person has 2+ years’ experience working in a tasting room, is detail oriented, has solid customer service and sales skills and is an excellent communicator with strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, including excellent telephone and email communication. The most successful candidates can balance handling the customer experience and tasting room support duties.

The Role, Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The Hospitality Associate is responsible for supporting daily Tasting Room operations, tasting experiences and sales support.

Primary Duties
•  Promote a welcoming experience with the highest standards of enlightened and intuitive service for members and guest visitors
•  Provide amazing customer service and a tailored wine buying experience for each guest
•  Promote the wine club and wine club retention
•  Ensure smooth daily operations of the tasting room including opening and closing duties, daily reports and maintaining a clean, organized and efficient environment
•  Commitment to working in a team environment where duties include leading educational wine experiences as well as tasting room support
•  Communicate effectively with all staff members and owners
•  Demonstrate a commitment to meeting quarterly and annual sales goals
•  Assist with special events


Ideal Skills and Requirements:

•  Must be 21+ years old
•  2+ years’ relevant experience working in a winery tasting room
•  Professionalism and problem-solving skills
•  Team player with an outgoing and engaging personality
•  Availability to work weekends and occasional evenings
•  Embraces process and procedures
•  Strong customer service and sales skills, including excellent telephone and text communication
•  Has high integrity and a strong work ethic
•  Has a passion for wine
•  Loves to work in a small, entrepreneurial, constantly energetic and changing environment
•  Wine certifications and study a huge plus
•  Proficiency in Point-of Sale systems (Commerce7 POS is a plus)
•  Computer literacy required
•  High school diploma or GED required; college degree preferred

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to do the following:
•  Sit or stand for prolonged periods.
•  Coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
•  Lift, move, and stack boxes up to 40 lbs.

Position Details:
•  3-5 shifts, Thursday through Monday with occasional on-call weekday shifts
•  Pay: $20-23 per hour, DOE, Eligible for Commissions, Tips, Bonus

Benefits:
•  Employee Discount
•  Paid Educational Benefits
•  Monthly Peer Tastings and Education
•  Sick Pay

More About Copia Vineyards:

The word Copia is a Latin root word that means abundance. It’s an apt name for a winery that is created by two people that have always chased the glass half full. The story of Copia Vineyards begins with the passion of Anita and Varinder Sahi, their shared love of wine and the beauty of its source. Everything the Sahis have ever done is fueled by a belief of going “all-in” on life. He from an engineering background and she from the world of fine dining restaurants, together they came to Paso Robles to make wine from the ground up, one small lot at a time. Today, they farm two world-class estates in Paso Robles' limestone-rich Willow Creek and Adelaida Districts. It's the ruggedly beautiful landscape that offers the perfect tableau for them to produce their elegant Rhône and Bordeaux varietal wines. Our highly rated, award-winning portfolio of wines and the immersive tastings we provide invite guests to experience the story of two explorers who seize life's moments.