Tasting Room Manager

Position

Tasting Room Manager

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.

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, set‑up, 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.

• 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

• 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.