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Tasting Room Manager

Evesham Wood Vineyard & Winery

Salem, OR

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Job Description:

Position: Tasting Room Manager

About the Role: We seek an enthusiastic, experienced, reliable, self-motivated yet
team-oriented, organized Tasting Room Manager to lead our guest experience and daily
operations. This full-time role combines welcoming hospitality and wine knowledge to create
memorable experiences for our visitors while driving tasting room sales and building lasting
relationships with wine club members.

Key Responsibilities:
Guest Experience & Direct Sales: Manage daily tasting room operations, ensuring exceptional
service for all guests. Lead wine tastings and tours that educate and engage visitors about our
wines, vineyard practices, and winemaking philosophy. Drive sales of wine and wine club
memberships through genuine hospitality and enthusiasm. Plan and execute delightful picnic
experiences in our vineyard. Maintain a welcoming tasting room environment; project a flexible,
accommodating and customer-centric attitude.
Wine Club & Customer Relations: Grow wine club membership through clear presentation of
benefits and proactive outreach. Coordinate wine club pickups, shipments, and events. Maintain
customer databases and profiles, respond to customer inquiries, and resolve concerns promptly.

Events & Marketing: Plan and carry out tasting room events, private tastings, and small
gatherings. Collaborate with the marketing team on social media content, networking, and
promotional activities. Provide support to the winemaker at onsite and offsite industry tastings
including hospitality, setup, breakdown, and pouring. Be a winery ambassador; develop centers
of influence for referrals from other tasting rooms, hotels/inns, restaurants, winery tour guides.
Explore cross-promotional opportunities.
Operations: Oversee inventory management for wine, all supplies necessary for tasting room
success, wine shipping materials. Maintain POS systems and daily sales reporting. Monitor
e-commerce site and email for orders and correspondence. Pack and ship online and tasting
room orders.

Qualifications:
2+ years hospitality or retail management experience; wine industry experience strongly
preferred
Strong wine knowledge or willingness to develop expertise through study
Proven ability to drive sales in a customer-facing environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
OLCC server certification
Proficiency with POS systems and basic computer applications
Flexible schedule including weekends, holidays, and occasional evenings
Physical ability to lift wine cases (45 lbs) and stand for extended periods

What We Offer:
Competitive salary commensurate with experience
Wine allocation and employee discount
Opportunity to work in a beautiful vineyard setting
Professional development in the wine industry
Complete and generous benefit package including employer provided health insurance
and paid-time off
This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about wine, hospitality, and creating
community around our brand in the Willamette Valley’s vibrant wine country.
Evesham Wood is a small winery with an annual production of less than 10,000 cases. We
produce wines from our certified organic, old vine, 13 acre Le Puits Sec estate vineyard along
with carefully chosen local vineyards, all of whom are focused on sustainability and non-irrigated
farming. Our tasting cabin is at the top of our estate vineyard, overlooking the vines and out to
the Cascade range in the distance, just west of Salem.

If you feel you would be a good fit please submit your resume and a cover letter.

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Additional Information:

Job Posted:
Sunday, January 18th
Type of Work:
Full Time
Job Level:
Mid-Level