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Extensive and frequent travel is part of the sommelier's career. Many travel regularly to different regions to learn more about wines for their restaurant- to try new wines and to attend food and wine shows. It is a tough job involving long working hours. Sommeliers may have to work long and irregular hours, including evenings and weekends. Restaurant and bar environments can be busy and demanding. Sommeliers often spend a lot of time on their feet, speaking to customers and colleagues, or visiting the kitchens and the cellar. Sommeliers must also develop excellent listening skills to understand what customers are looking for. He is as important as a restaurant manager or the executive chef.
If you want to take your wine passion from a hobby to a career, there are many wine-related jobs out there. From home-based wine tasting parties to related careers in sales and distribution, or as a sommelier or wine master at a top hotel or restaurant. After gathering experience professionally one can also opt for an independent career as a wine consultant. Depending on their personal skills, sommeliers can join the wine trade and work in production, in the import and export of wine, education, training, wine writing and so on. Fine restaurants are not the only types of businesses that hire sommeliers. A wine sommelier may also find employment: developing training courses for wineries or restaurants, managing beverages at casinos or tourist attractions, organizing and hosting wine tours, owning a wine shop, teaching about wines, writing about wines etc.