Caitlin W.

Experience

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  Dry Creek Vineyard

  Jan 1978 - Jan 1983

  Wine educator and wine sales

  Tasting room service and sales, tours

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  Kenwood Vineyards

  Jan 1986 - Jan 1993

  Wine educator & sales

  Served and sold wine, gave tours, developed and managed winery's wine club, wrote wine club newsletter, represented winery at outside winetasting events, worked as assistant manager for tasting room

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  Santa Rosa Press Democrat (NY Times Regional Newspaper)

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2002

  Editorial Assistant

  Created entertainment calendars, newsroom research, information gathering and fact-checking, quarterly travel & wine country supplement, winery maps and listings for Napa-Sonoma-Mendocino wine country, assisted wine writer with organizing biweekly blind tastings of wines for review

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  La Tour de Cause B&B

  Jun 2004 - Nov 2015

  Proprietor

  Owner/operator of five-room bed-and-breakfast facility in the Dordogne Valley of southwest France.

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  Rick Steves' Europe

  Jun 2009 - Jul 2011

  Part-time researcher

  Research and fact-checking for Dordogne section of Rick Steves' France guidebook

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  Matrix and Mazzocco wineries

  Nov 2011 - Mar 2014

  Part-time/temporary Tasting Room Staff

  Serving and selling fine wines to a discerning public.

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  Nalle Winery

  Nov 2014 - Mar 2017

  Hospitality, reception, wine sales

  I work special events with Andrew and April Nalle in their intimate tasting room in beautiful Dry Creek Valley, serving their elegantly styled Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, and Cab to their avid followers.

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  Volunteer Center of Sonoma County

  Jan 2017 - Apr 2023

  Front Desk
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  Self Employed

  Jan 2018 - Apr 2023

  Semi-retired, but open to possibilities
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  Zouzounis Wines

  Mar 2019 - now

  Hospitality Specialist

  Tasting room sales and hospitality

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  NALLE WINERY, INC.

  Feb 2023 - now

  Hospitality Specialist

  Hospitality and wine education