Cellar Door Sales (Wine Jobs: Wine Retail & Sommelier)

Part Time

  Pepper Tree Wines

  Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter, NSW

Pepper Tree Wines is searching for a dynamic candidate to join our growing Cellar Door Team on a Permanent Part Time basis. Our tasting facilities include the Cellar Door, Members Tasting Lounge and our premium tasting room, ‘The Vault’ as well as tastings on our picturesque estate.

About our Business:

At Pepper Tree, we pride ourselves on growing grapes in some of Australia’s best winemaking regions. This, coupled with the passion and science our people bring to the process, means we’ve become one of Australia’s most highly awarded wine businesses.

Since the Hunter Valley estate was founded in 1991, our commitment to producing excellent wines has never wavered. Being 100% family owned and operated and awarded 5 RED stars by James Halliday for the past 12 years, we offer our guests a world class experience and a fantastic range of trophy winning premium wines.

Pepper Tree runs its own dedicated marketing, sales and export teams, allowing us to deal directly with our consumers.

The successful candidate should offer exceptional customer service and communication skills. Applicants must thrive on interactions and enjoy contact with customers, have a love for wine and food and have a strong teamwork mentality.

Weekend/public holiday work will be necessary for this job; with our tasting rooms open Monday-Sunday, 9am-5pm.

A significant part of this role will require the successful applicant to work across all tasting rooms, communicating and tasting with our visitors.

You will possess:

  • Great sales and customer service skills
  • A can-do attitude
  • Strong interest in wine, previous experience and working knowledge of the wine industry would be advantageous
  • Be a self-starter

Duties:

  • Conduct premium tastings and experiences
  • Ability to work weekends
  • Work within a team to manage and achieve sales targets and KPI’s
  • Manage opening and closing procedures including cash and daily reporting. 
  • Manage booking systems
  • Conduct tastings across all tasting rooms
  • Attend events where needed
  • Assist in Wine Club as needed

Whilst not required, applicants who have had experience at other wineries or hold any level of WSET training will be looked upon favourably.  

This is a permanent part time role with guaranteed 3 days per week Saturday – Monday. 

Qualifications/Licences

  • Possession of Current Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA)
  • Current Driver’s license

Only successful applicants for interview will be contacted.

How To Apply

Please apply with your resume and a cover letter describing why you are best suited candidate for this role.

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