Caitlin W.

Caitlin W.

Wine educator and wine sales

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  • About me

    Part-time hospitality worker for two small, premium wine producers in Healdsburg area of Sonoma County, California .

  • Education

    • Santa Rosa High School

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    • Sonoma State University

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  • Experience

    • Dry Creek Vineyard

      Jan 1978 - Jan 1983
      Wine educator and wine sales

      Tasting room service and sales, tours

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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.

    • Rick Steves' Europe

      Jun 2009 - Jul 2011
      Part-time researcher

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

    • Matrix and Mazzocco wineries

      Nov 2011 - Mar 2014
      Part-time/temporary Tasting Room Staff

      Serving and selling fine wines to a discerning public.

    • 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.

    • Volunteer Center of Sonoma County

      Jan 2017 - Apr 2023
      Front Desk
    • Self Employed

      Jan 2018 - Apr 2023
      Semi-retired, but open to possibilities
    • Zouzounis Wines

      Mar 2019 - now
      Hospitality Specialist

      Tasting room sales and hospitality

    • NALLE WINERY, INC.

      Feb 2023 - now
      Hospitality Specialist

      Hospitality and wine education

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Tourism Ambassador

      Certified Tourism Ambassador™ (CTA) Program
      Jun 2017
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